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Episode 4 Preview | Back to the Future
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Tech billionaires choose Southern California to launch their own space companies.
Episode 2 Preview | The Big Chill
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The Cold War and Pentagon dollars fuel the explosive growth of modern Los Angeles.
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“Blue Sky Metropolis” is the story of how aerospace was central to California’s growth.
Episode 3 Preview | A Space Odyssey
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The race to the moon is matched in dollars by a secret military program to dominate space.
Episode 1 Preview | Wings
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This episode establishes Southern California as the undisputed aviation world capital.
The Southern California Spirit in the Sky
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Southern California workers remember the excitement of being part of the space race.
Women’s Work During WWII
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Wives, mothers and sisters keep the war effort alive.
Ansari XPrize, A Century-Old Idea, Is New Again
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The idea of the Ansari XPrize is one with history that dates back more than a century.
There’s No Place Like Home?
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Could Mars be our next home?
Inventing the Future in Southern California
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The Southern California outlook is due in part to the futuristic influence of space.
Making the First Photo of a Planet Ever
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The first pictures of Mars were more difficult to put together than one might imagine.
Disney Sells the Space Dream
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Walt Disney and Wernher Von Braun were major figures in the popularization of space.
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