Nova

Season 9 Episode 15: The Cobalt Blues

51 Seasons Nov 23, 1982 TV-PG 55m 8.7

An investigative report on US dependence on foreign sources of strategic minerals, vital to the aerospace and steel industries, which examines and questions Reagan Administration policies toward those international sources.

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Season 9 Episodes:

Episode 1 Salmon on the Run

1. Salmon on the Run

Aired: Jan 10, 1982

NOVA captures the breathtaking power and determination of these amazing creat...

Episode 5 Finding a Voice

5. Finding a Voice

Aired: Feb 7, 1982

What is it like not to be able to communicate with others? NOVA explores the ...

Episode 7 Life: Patent Pending

7. Life: Patent Pending

Aired: Feb 28, 1982

Supreme Court ruling on the patentability of life in the context of the recom...

Episode 8 Palace of Delights

8. Palace of Delights

Aired: Mar 7, 1982

NOVA visits San Francisco's Exploratorium—part laboratory, part school, part ...

Episode 9 Animal Impostors

9. Animal Impostors

Aired: Mar 14, 1982

In this vivid study of mimicry and camouflage NOVA shows dramatically how sna...

Episode 11 The Case of the UFOs

11. The Case of the UFOs

Aired: Oct 12, 1982

For the first time on television a rigorous, scientific investigation into th...

Episode 12 The Fragile Mountain

12. The Fragile Mountain

Aired: Oct 19, 1982

The Himalayas, highest peaks in the world, are crumbling. People are making t...

Episode 15 The Cobalt Blues

15. The Cobalt Blues

Aired: Nov 23, 1982

An investigative report on US dependence on foreign sources of strategic mine...

Episode 17 Whale Watch

17. Whale Watch

Aired: Dec 7, 1982

NOVA follows the great grey whales along their annual marathon migration from...


Info about Nova

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary