Desc: Solar Car: The Secrets of RA7: Directed by Nick Mollé. From the people who brought you 'A Walk in the Park with Nick Mollé: Nature of the Beasts', Solar Car: The Secrets of Ra7 will introduce you to a remarkable group of students whose spirit will capture your heart. Witness first-hand the 2009 World Solar Challenge held in Australia' outback where teams of students from around the world compete in a journey like no other. How does a small liberal arts college with no engineering department compete with the likes of MIT, Stanford, The European Space Agency and over thirty other talented teams? Watch how the race vehicle Ra7 was envisioned, built, and put to the test halfway around the planet in the unforgiving ''Mad Max'' country of the Australian Red Center. From northern to southern Australia cutting across this vast continent from Darwin to Adelaide. Their task is to build a vehicle powered by solar energy and drive it on an incredible journey that covers 1800 miles. Follow an unlikely team of students from Principia College as they face the forces of nature, technology, and the human spirit in the race to the finish line. Sleeping under the stars in the sometimes-brutal Outback, dodging kangaroos, and multi-trailer ''road trains'' during the day the team faces challenges both mental and mechanical with an inner fortitude that can only be described as beautiful. Moved by the story, Robert Duvall delivers the introduction to this amazing testament to youthful determination. Airing on PBS this movie is entertaining, educational, and inspiring.