BLAST! (2008 film)

BLAST is a featurelength documentary by Paul Devlin. The film follows a team of astrophysicists who launch a telescope, upon a high altitude balloon from northern Sweden and again from Antarctica. The film follows the crew of scientists as they travel on a search to answer humankinds most basic question, how did we get here? An approach rarely seen in science programming, BLAST deemphasizes talkinghead interviews and dispenses with anonymous narration in favor of capturing the action as it happens. Through dynamic storytelling, BLAST reveals the human side of scientific pursuit, the personal sacrifices of scientists and the philosophical perspectives of discovering the origins of the universe.

BLAST has coproduction partnerships with BBC 4s documentary strand Storyville, Discovery Channel Canada, SVT Sweden, and YLEFST Finland. The film will broadcast on Discovery Channel in February 2009. BLAST has also been acquired by VPRONetherlands and DR2Denmark.BLAST, the BallonborneLargeAperture Submillimeter Telescope, was a 2metre telescope flown from a highaltitude balloon to observe submillimeter radiation emitted mostly by dust heated by young stars. It was created to address important extragalactic and Galactic questions regarding the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies and clusters. ........

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