Join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for a special screening of BLAST!
Welcome to Astrophysics Indiana Jones style!
Filmmaker Paul Devlin follows the story of his brother, Mark Devlin
PhD, as he leads a tenacious team of scientists hoping to figure out
how all the galaxies formed by launching a revolutionary new telescope under a NASA high-altitude balloon.
Their adventure takes them from Arctic Sweden to Inuit polar bear
country in Canada, where catastrophic failure forces the team to try
all over again on the desolate ice in Antarctica. No less than the
understanding of the evolution and origins of our Universe is at stake on this exciting escapade that seeks to answer humankind's most basic question, How did we get here?
BLAST! is about the crazy life of scientists. Their professional
obsessions, personal and family sacrifices, and philosophical and
religious questioning all give emotional resonance to a spectacular
and suspenseful story of space exploration.
"BLAST! helps you see first-hand just how difficult, amazing and
rewarding these kinds of scientific efforts can be. You'll laugh,
you'll cry, and you'll walk away astounded that people can actually
send a telescope to the edge of space and forever change how we see
and think about about the universe."
~Discovery Channel
For more information about BLAST! please click this link:
http://blastthemovie.com/
