Horizon · SEASON 18
The Race to Ruin
Episode 22 · 1981-11-09
- Documentary
Episode 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?
60 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Spend and Prosper1981-01-05
2. A Whole New Medicine1981-01-12
3. The Qualyub Project1981-01-19
4. No One Will Take Me Seriously1981-01-26
5. Living with Dying1981-02-02
6. A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb1981-02-09
7. Who Will Deliver Your Baby?1981-02-16
8. West of Bangalore1981-03-02
9. Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts1981-03-09
10. Hello Universe!1981-03-16
11. Voices from Silent Hands1981-03-23
12. Did Darwin Get It Wrong?1981-03-30
13. East of Bombay1981-04-06
14. Resolution on Saturn - The Rings1981-04-11
15. Resolution on Saturn - The Moons1981-04-13
16. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose1981-09-28
17. The Hunt for the Legion Killer1981-10-05
18. Breaking in Children1981-10-12
19. The Grid1981-10-19
20. Butterflies or Barley?1981-10-26
21. Science for the People1981-11-02
22. The Race to Ruin1981-11-09
23. Death of the Dinosaurs1981-11-16
24. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out1981-11-23
25. The Cornucopia1981-11-30
26. A Race Against Time1981-12-07
27. Painting by Numbers1981-12-21
