Breakthrough 2019

     Brilliant minds throughout history are responsible for the invention of cars, robots, airplanes, smart phones and telescopes.  This series is a journey through human history through the development of six iconic objects.  Modern people take these objects for granted daily.  Science, invention and technology built on one another to change the world we live in now.  There is added information on Imdb about the episode on Rockets.  Hydrogen is not the most common fuel for rockets.  Shown are rockets using Lox and RP1, a derivative of Kerosene?  There is more accurate information on Tim Dodds Everyday Astronaut. 

     I enjoyed some sections more than others.  There was a learning curve with flight.  The first people to fly sometimes took a beating on their bodies and others died.  The rocket section and the smartphone were also interesting.  I didn’t know that Hedy Lamarr worked with her friend pianist George Antheil to develop a device for preventing the jamming of radio-controlled torpedoes.  Their device was a frequency-hopping system and they received a patent.  The US Navy did not use this device in 1942 during WWII but later it was used in 1962 at the time of the Cuban missile crisis.  An updated version was installed on Navy ships.  4* (I really liked this series)  

5.5 hours on 2 discs, PBS TV Mini-Series 2019, directed by Ben Harding, Chris Riley, Stephen Mizelas, Nathan Williams, Nat Sharman, Sean Smith with presenter Jim Al-Khalili, Aeronautical Engineer Tiera Fletcher, narrated by Patrick Stewart.

Note:  Imdb 8* out of 10*, PBS 5* with one review, Rotten Tomatoes 100% audience, Amazon 5* with one review.

Special Note:  The different sections of this film are the telescope, airplane, robot, car, rocket, smart phone,