ProfessorStephenHawkingthinksthehumanspecieswillhavetopopulateanewplanetwithin100yearsifitistosurvive.Withclimatechange,pollution,deforestation,pandemicsandpopulationgrowth,ourownplanetisbecomingincreasinglyprecarious. &nbseee
PlanetEarthhasbeenhometohumankindforover200,000years,butwithapopulationof7.5billionandcountingandlimitedresources,thisplanetmightnotsupportusforever.
InthislandmarkfilmProfessorHawking,alongsideengineerandradioastronomyexpertProfessorDanielleGeorgeandaformerstudent,ChristopheGalfard,joinforcestofindoutif,andhow,humanscanreachforthestarsandrelocatetodifferentplanets.
Travellingtheglobe,theymeettopscientists,technologistsandengineerswhoareworkingtoanswerourbiggestquestions:isthereanotherplanetouttherethatwecouldcallhome?Howwillwetravelacrossthevastdistancesofspacetogetthere?Howwillwesurvivethejourney?Andhowwillwesetupanewhumancivilizationonanalienworld?
Takinginthelatestadvancesinastronomy,biologyandrockettechnologyfromtheAtacamaDeserttothewildsoftheArctic,viewerswilldiscoverawholeworldofcuttingedgeresearch.ThisprogrammeshowsthatProfessorHawking'sambitionisn'tasfantasticalasitsounds-andthatsciencefictionisclosertosciencefactthanweeverthought.