[meteorite-list] 'Comets: Prophets of Doom' on the History Channel

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Mar 1 12:59:07 2006
Message-ID: <200603011757.k21HvKP28377_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

 
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COMETS: PROPHETS OF DOOM on The History Channel(R)

Flying Balls of Ice ... or Harbingers of Death?

COMETS: PROPHETS OF DOOM on The History Channel(R)

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the beginning of time, comets
have lurked the solar system, balls of ice and dirt. But is there more
to them than that? Might they hold the key to life on Earth ... and
might they be its final downfall? Examine the role of these mysterious
interstellar visitors in the history and future of man and the planet
Earth in COMETS: PROPHETS OF DOOM, airing Monday, March 13th at 8:00
p.m. ET/PT on The History Channel.

It is already known by scientists that the building blocks to carbon
life on Earth are frozen in the middle of comets. But what more do they
hold, and what other answers can they provide about the history of our
solar system? Get up to speed on two spectacular NASA missions that sent
research crafts into space to rendezvous with comets and find new
answers. Could comets have, at one time, wiped ninety percent of the
life off the face of the Earth -- millions of years before even the
first dinosaurs lived? And what would it mean today if a massive comet
crashed into Earth near a major city? Explore the possible answers in
graphic detail using the latest cutting-edge animation and re-creations
in COMETS: PROPHETS OF DOOM.

Beyond just science, what roles have comets played in some of the major
historical events of human history? Is it possible that a comet led the
Three Wise Men to Bethlehem after the birth of Christ? Have they
foretold the destruction of civilizations, the arrival of plagues, and
the deaths of kings? Were they central to Sir Isaac Newton's development
of the theory of gravity? Find out in COMETS: PROPHETS OF DOOM.

COMETS: PROPHETS OF DOOM is produced by HTV Productions for The History
Channel. Executive Producer for The History Channel is Beth Dietrich
Segarra.

Now reaching more than 88 million Nielsen subscribers, The History
Channel(R), "Where History Lives," brings history to life in a powerful
manner and provides an inviting place where people experience history
personally and connect their own lives to the great lives and events of
the past. The History Channel has earned six News and Documentary
Emmy(R) Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's "Save Our
History(R)" campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history
education. The History Channel web site is located at
http://www.history.com/ .
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