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.

NOVA Season 10 Episodes...

• s10e01 - The Case of the UFOs
• s10e02 - The Fragile Mountain
• s10e03 - Here's Looking At You Kid
• s10e04 - Adventures of Teenage Scientists
• s10e05 - The Cobalt Blues
• s10e06 - Goodbye Louisiana
• s10e07 - Whale Watch
• s10e08 - Tracking The Supertrains
• s10e09 - Hawaii: Crucible of Life
• s10e10 - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
• s10e11 - Lassa Fever
• s10e12 - The Miracle of Life
• s10e13 - Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
• s10e14 - City of Coral
• s10e15 - Fat Chance in a Thin World
• s10e16 - Sixty Minutes to Meltdown

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.