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‘Space Pioneer’ is a fascinating six-part series where physicist and host Dr. Basil Singer eagerly plays the role of human guinea pig in his quest to find answers. Follow him as he investigates whether humans could possibly call Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn’s moon Titan, and Jupiter’s moons Callisto and Gliese 581c their home in the future. In the name of science, Dr. Singer subjects himself to extreme temperatures, tests new survival technologies designed to keep humans alive in harsh environments, suffers the rigors of travel in zero gravity, explores ideas for new human habitats in the sky, and much more.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Titan

Series Premiere

1x01 Titan

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Physicist Dr Basil Singer explores how survival technology could allow humans to live on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn

1x02 Venus

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Inventive scientists show Dr Basil Singer how humans could visit the volcanoes of Venus in refrigerated vehicles built to the specifications of submarines

1x03 Mars

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Dr Basil Singer explains why today's space technology would not be good enough to sustain a long stay on Mars

1x04 Callisto

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Physicist and robot maker Dr Basil Singer tries to find out if people could live on Jupiter's moons, and explores the potential of Callisto

1x05 Mercury

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Physicist Dr Basil Singer tries to determine whether humans could cope with the light, heat and radiation emitted from the Sun and inhabit Mercury

1x06 Exoplanet

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Physicist Dr Basil Singer investigates futuristic propulsion and considers whether humans will ever be able to visit a planet that would currently take 1,000 years to reach

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