New Discovery Channel Program Honours Moon Landing Anniversary by Asking: Are We Alone?
This is a quick heads-up for US television viewers with access to the Discovery Channel – airing tomorrow night, Thursday July 16th at 9 pm ET/PT is a programme in honour of the Apollo Moon landings, the first of which took place no less than 40 years ago this week. The focus of this programme ‘Are We Alone?’ is described thus by Discovery : The 2-hour program seeks answers to the profound age-old question of whether alien life exists within our universe. The program is narrated by Gentry Lee, the chief engineer of the Solar System Exploration Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As you undoubtedly know, Lee managed the extremely challenging but successful NASA Mars rover programs. He was also involved in the Viking and Galileo space missions, co-authored science fiction works with Arthur Clarke, and collaborated…