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Six Degrees with Mike Rowe

And that's the way it happened, Thanks to a mechanical handshake350 miles up in space, A...

And that's the way it happened, Thanks to a mechanical handshake
350 miles up in space, A billion dollar piece
of space junk Was transformed
into a time machine, The hubble space telescope All because of an earthquake That connected a garbage man
and a banker, A banker who helped
rebuild san francisco And offered a loan
to a startup company, A startup technology company
that designed electronics For a space agency, A space agency that went looking
for redemption with a telescope, A telescope that allowed us
to look back at the big bang, Or something pretty close to it

Full Transcript

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And that's the way it happened,
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Thanks to a mechanical handshake 350 miles up in space,
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A billion dollar piece of space junk
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Was transformed into a time machine,
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The hubble space telescope
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All because of an earthquake
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That connected a garbage man and a banker,
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A banker who helped rebuild san francisco
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And offered a loan to a startup company,
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A startup technology company that designed electronics
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For a space agency,
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A space agency that went looking for redemption with a telescope,
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A telescope that allowed us to look back at the big bang,
00:00:38.007 --> 00:00:40.837
Or something pretty close to it.
Duration
41 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:06
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Production
School of Humans

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Movie Summary

Mike Rowe shows how many things in the world are connected. By using historical facts, Mike takes two seemingly unrelated things and shows an indirect connection.