Econintersect: A feature length (90 minutes) documentary is being shown this evening at Beckman Auditorium at Cal Tech (California Institute of Technology) 332 South Michigan Ave., Pasadena. Seating for the 8:00 pm screening is free, available on a first-come first-served basis. The movie trailer can be accessed at the end of this article.
“The Changing Face of Mars” is the fourth installment of Blaine Baggett’s Beginnings of the Space Age documentary series chronicling the evolution of space exploration in which the JetPropulsion Lab (JPL) at Cal Tech has played a pivotal role. The JPL – produced documentary provides a mix of archival footage and interviews with the scientists and engineers who pioneered Mars exploration.
The film covers the the 15 successful Mars explorations that began with JPL’s Mariner 4 mission of 1964. In the almost half century of exploration there have been stunning successes, but also more than half the attempted mission (38 in all) have ended in failure.
Click on image below to see the movie trailer.
A national schedule for showing the film is possible but has not been announced yet.
Sources:
- NASA to Premiere New Mars Exploration Film Today (Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 January 2013)
- Curiosity Rover on Display at Mars Film Premiere Tonight (Jet Propulsion Laboratry, California Institute of Technology, 22 January 2013)
