Ultimate Cargo Ship • 2019 • episode "S1E2" • Superstructures Engineering Marvels

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We take apart the GPO Amethyst, an ocean transporter capable of carrying some of the largest structures by deliberately sinking into the ocean.

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Superstructures Engineering Marvels • 2019 • 2 episodes •

Space Station

Costing $150 billion, the International Space Station is the most expensive structure humans have ever built. In this episode, using the series' signature photo-real computer graphics, we take it apart to uncover the extraordinary innovations that enable it to support life in the deadly vacuum of space.

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Ultimate Cargo Ship

Ultimate Cargo Ship

We take apart the GPO Amethyst, an ocean transporter capable of carrying some of the largest structures by deliberately sinking into the ocean.

2019 • Technology

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