Impossible Engineering - Season 3 - Eps 1: World's Largest Radio Telescope
Discover what it took to build the largest and most sophisticated radio telescope on the planet. This engineering colossus will help astronomers explore galaxies billions of light years away, and might help discover extraterrestrial life.
About Impossible Engineering
Title: Impossible Engineering
First Air Date: 2015-04-13
Last Air Date: 2021-09-01
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 15 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 11
Total Episodes: 82
Network: Science
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Twofour, Powderhouse Productions
Synopsis
Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.
Cast
Mike Bratton
Narrator
