Episode
Horizon: The Race to Ruin
Overview
This is the second part of the Horizon documentary on the Soviet Union. In this report, we examine the basis for the space arms race between USA and USSR. Are the US efforts for the extensive space defense system to match the Russians based on a misconception of the USSR war effort from space?
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1981-11-09
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Race to Ruin is Episode 22 in 1981 of Horizon. It aired on 1981-11-09. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 21: Science for the People
Horizon presents a two part documentary looking at the science and technology inside the Soviet Union. In this episode, we look at why the Russians might need to import a chemical processing plant from the UK and computers from the USA when they have a quarter of the world's scientists and still give science and research the highest priority.
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Horizon investigates theories about the mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.
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