James May's 20th Century ep02 Blast Off

Like many small boys James May dreamt of becoming an astronaut. Even though he may <br /> not have realised his dream he sets off to find out what space exploration has done <br /> for him, and the rest of us. And heís got just the right motor to begin the journey - <br /> a moon buggyÖ<br /> <br /> "The moon buggy, or ëLunar Rover Vehicleí to give it its proper name, has to have <br /> been the most expensive car ever made. It cost 38 million dollars. And that didnít <br /> include delivery".<br /> <br /> His first stop is Staveley Road, Chiswick, West London. It was here that Britain felt <br /> the first impact of the space race in 1944, when the street was struck by a Nazi V2 ñ <br /> the rocket powered terror weapon, and the distant ancestor of the Saturn V that put a <br /> man on the Moon in 1969.<br /> <br /> Next James links up with a team of amateur rocketeers to understand the pyrotechnic <br /> principles of rocket science first hand, before heading to Cape Canaveral in Florida, <br /> to see the real deal for himself. Here he meets a veteran of the Apollo programme and <br /> pay

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