Triple Feature: Dune, Mars, And An Alien On Earth

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On the heels of the Oscars, we dive into three films that take us to other worlds: A planetary scientist compares Arrakis from 'Dune' to real planets and analyzes whether life could exist on such a sandy, scorching-hot world. And, in a new documentary, NASA psychologists try to find solutions for the mental health challenges of a three-year trip to Mars. Finally, in the movie “65,” an alien crashes on Earth during the Jurassic era, shocked to discover dinosaurs. An astrobiologist has questions.

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0:00.0	The new film, Dune Part 2, takes us to the desert planet, Aracus.
0:07.4	But could a real planet like Aracus exist somewhere?
0:10.7	I keep thinking to myself, huh, you know, is that real?
0:13.8	What exactly is right here?
0:15.3	What are they getting slightly off?
0:17.0	But it's all in good fun.
0:18.7	It's Monday, March 11th.
0:20.1	You're listening to Science Friday.
0:24.9	I'm SciFri producer Charles Bergquist.
0:27.5	This weekend, science won big at the Oscars,
0:30.3	with Oppenheimer taking home seven awards,
0:32.7	including Best Picture, Best Director,
0:35.1	and Best Actor for Killian Murphy
0:37.0	and his portrayal of The Father of the Atomic Bomb.
0:40.2	And even though Oscar's weekend is over, we've still got movies on our minds.
0:44.4	So today, a SciFry triple feature.
0:47.1	First up, Dune Part 2, then a new documentary on the mental health of astronauts.
0:51.9	And what, 65, the film starring Adam Driver,
0:55.7	got right and wrong about finding life on alien worlds.
0:59.4	Here's Ira Flato.
1:01.3	Our first feature, though, is the blockbuster Dune, Part 2.
1:05.5	And as you may know from the book and the movie, the story takes place on a planet called
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