Overview
Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe "floating cities" that offer everything from swimming pools to shopping malls to ice skating rinks. And the ships just keep getting bigger: The average cruise ship has doubled in size in just the last ten years. Some engineers fear that these towering behemoths are dangerously unstable, and the recent tragedy of the Costa Concordia has raised new questions about their safety. Now, NOVA brings together marine engineering and safety experts to reconstruct the events that led up to famous cruise disasters, including the ill-fated Concordia, the Sea Diamond, and the Oceans.
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39 - 1Engineering Ground Zero September 07, 2011 -
39 - 2Surviving the Tsunami September 28, 2011 -
39 - 3Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone? October 19, 2011 -
39 - 4Iceman Murder Mystery October 26, 2011 -
39 - 5The Fabric of the Cosmos: What is Space? November 02, 2011 -
39 - 6The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time November 09, 2011 -
39 - 7The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap November 16, 2011 -
39 - 8The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse? November 23, 2011 -
39 - 9Deadliest Volcanoes January 04, 2012 -
39 - 10Bombing Hitler's Dams January 11, 2012 -
39 - 113D Spies of WWII January 18, 2012 -
39 - 12Mystery of a Masterpiece January 25, 2012 -
39 - 13Ice Age Death Trap February 01, 2012 -
39 - 14Separating Twins February 08, 2012 -
39 - 15Cracking Your Genetic Code March 28, 2012 -
39 - 16Hunting the Elements April 04, 2012 -
39 - 17Deadliest Tornadoes April 11, 2012 -
39 - 18Why Ships Sink April 18, 2012 -
39 - 19Secrets of the Sun April 25, 2012
