Discovery Channels new show, Mega Engineering, premiers Monday June 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. A must watch for engineers (click read more)
Mega Engineering takes us inside monumental future build projects, for a high stakes look at tomorrow's extreme engineering. In each episode, we'll see one of these projects go up before our very eyes. Using visually spectacular CGI, Mega Engineering presents the high tech obstacles that must be overcome and how technology is advancing today to accommodate the needs of these jawdropping structures of tomorrow.
1. DOME OVER HOUSTON- To save the city, a solution that may lie with a massive dome, 1,500 feet high and a mile in diameter that will rise over the city center.
2. BERING STRAIT TUNNEL- The Bering Strait tunnel would connect Russia and Alaska, creating a high-speed rail line, freight route, and a crucial oil pipeline.
3. CITY AT SEA- Some engineers are saying the only way for New Orleans to escape the water is to build a floating city: a New New Orleans, buoyed up by the water, not drowning under it.