Movie

BLAST! (2008)

• April 22, 2008
• 1h 18m

• Documentary

Overview

With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists trying to launch a multi-million dollar telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. Their journey to discover thousands of early galaxies takes them from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Revealing frustrations, inevitable failures and ultimate triumph, BLAST puts a human face on the quest to answer our most basic question - How did we get here?

Director

Paul Devlin

Starring

Werner Herzog, Mark Devlin, Barth Netterfield