Into Deepest Space The Birth of the ALMA Telescope (2012)

Released in 2012 this 52minute public television documentary reveals the motivations struggles and ultimate triumphs of the people designing and building the most elaborate groundbased astronomical observatory ever the Atacama Large Millimetersubmillimeter Array ALMA The program documents some of the first observations made by the telescope foreshadowing the scientific rewards that will be its heritage Filmed on three continentsand at altitudes ranging from sea level to 16500 feetthe film features breathtaking views of Chiles remote Atacama Desert and demonstrates the lengths to which humans will go to understand the universe they call home