Evacuate Earth (2012)

Name: Evacuate Earth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-12-02

1h 30m

Running Time

Plot.

If we faced a countdown to destruction, could we build a spacecraft to take us to new and habitable worlds? Can we Evacuate Earth? This documentary special examines this terrifying but scientifically plausible scenario by exploring how we could unite to ensure the survival of the human race.

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Cast & Crew.

Ted Schillinger

Director

Bill McClane

Writer

Caleb Scharf

Self - Director of Astrobiology Center, Columbia University

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

Self - Professor of Physics & Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology

Paul Levinson

Self - Professor of Media Studies, Fordham University

Ari Novak

Producer

Vitaly Bokser

Cinematographer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 2, 2012

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

Evacuate Earth is a National Geographic Channel documentary that portrays the hypothetical scenario of humans evacuating the planet Earth before it is destroyed by a rogue neutron star. The documentary details the technical and social complications of building a generation ship to save humanity and other Earth organisms by relocating to a planet in another solar system.