Title Asteroid : doomsday or payday? / produced by Pioneer Film and Television Productions Limited for NOVA/WGBH ; produced and directed by Jonathan Challis, David Hutt, and Brian Leckey.

Publication Info.	[Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
	[Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2014]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult	DVD 523.44 AST	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	DVD 523.44 ASTEROID	Check Shelf

Edition	Wide screen.
Description	1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital optical rda
	video file DVD video rda
Note	Title from container.
Credits	Editor, David Dillon.
Note	Originally broadcast in 2013 as an episode of the PBS television series: Nova.
System Details	DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen presentation; stereo.
Audience	Not rated.
Summary	From the width of a football field to the size of a small city, the space rocks called asteroids have the potential to be killers. But some asteroids may be loaded with billions of dollars' worth of iron, nickel and even platinum. Will asteroids turn out to be our economic salvation or instruments of extinction?
Performer	Craig Sechler, narrator.
Language	In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Subject	Asteroids.
	Near-earth asteroids.
	Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth.
	Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth -- Environmental aspects.
	Metals.
	Asteroids. (OCoLC)fst00819290
	Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
	Metals. (OCoLC)fst01018047
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01166513
Genre/Form	Science television programs.
	Documentary television programs.
	Nonfiction television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Challis, Jonathan, producer, director.
	Hult, David, producer, director.
	Leckey, Brian, producer, director.
	Pioneer Productions.
	Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company, broadcaster.
	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
	PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
Added Title	Doomsday or payday
	Nova (Television program)
ISBN	9781608830077
	1608830071
Standard No.	841887020091
Music No.	NOVA6271 PBS

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