A pioneer of rocket science, the first person to come up with the idea of a space elevator, and a populariser influenced by Cosmism, the school of thought popular in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th century, which centred on man as a god able to control natural forces and turn them to his advantage.
Look up is the podcast of the Italian Space Agency that tells the characters and exploits of the great space adventure.
Script Daniela Amenta. Post-production Paola Pagone. Visual design Paola Gaviraghi. Editorial Coordination Giuseppina Pulcrano and Manuela Proietti, Asi Multimedia Unit.