Selling The Secret

Record ID: 124866
  • Title: Selling The Secret
  • Date: 19th August 1990
  • Summary: The commercialization of the Soviet space industry. NOW CALLED ' SELLING THE SECRET' THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE SOVIET UNION OPENED ITS MOST SECRET SPACE FAC- ILITIES TO POTENTIAL BUYERS FROM THE WEST. THE SOVIET UNION HAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SPACE INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD. NOW IT HA S TO EARN HARD CURRENCY TO SURVIVE. THIS FILM TAKES AMERICAN DEFENCE AND STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS INTO THE TOP SECRET FACTORY IN MOSCOW WHERE ALL THE SOVIET UNION'S PROTON ROCKETS AND SPACE STATION MODULES ARE BUILT. IT REVEALS PLANS TO TUNR RUSSIA'S MAIN LAUNCH SITE INTO A THEME PARK FOR TOURISTS. AND IT PROFILES THE ENTREPRENEURS IN AMERICA WHO ARE COMMERCIALISING SOVIET SPACE. THEY'LL MAKE MILLIONS, HELPING THE RUSSIANS TO SELL THEIR SECRETS.
  • Description:Looking at how the soviet union is commercialising its' space industry,with access to the juno mission.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:SCOTTISH TELEVISION ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:19/08/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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