Six years ago at the age of 18, Stephen Slater followed events as they unfolded a billion miles away on another world. His documentary about the Huygens mission, Destination Titan, will be broadcast on Sunday at 10pm on BBC Four
It was a slow news day on Planet Earth. That morning, column inches in the papers had mainly been torn between such trivialities as the impending split of pop boy band Busted, and the furore over Prince Harry's decision to wear a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party.
Meanwhile, a billion miles away in space, something extraordinary was about to happen that would have a profound effect on the next six years of my life.
The date was 14 January 2005. Less than a week had passed since my 18th birthday, but I'd been a self-confessed space geek for many years, having grown up on a diet of books and films about the planets.
It was a slow news day on Planet Earth. That morning, column inches in the papers had mainly been torn between such trivialities as the impending split of pop boy band Busted, and the furore over Prince Harry's decision to wear a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party.
Meanwhile, a billion miles away in space, something extraordinary was about to happen that would have a profound effect on the next six years of my life.
The date was 14 January 2005. Less than a week had passed since my 18th birthday, but I'd been a self-confessed space geek for many years, having grown up on a diet of books and films about the planets.
- 4/10/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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