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History and future of human spaceflight. My name is deeann. I am an engineer. I have never been to space. [laughter] in brevard county, florida, and have watched many of you launched into space. It has been an inspiration and one reason i chose to pursue engineering. Im and engineering tv host nowadays, founder and ceo of future engineers. We have a challenge where students can name the next mars rover. It is until november 1. If you have kids or grandkids who want to be a part of space history,...

Applause welcome to the engineer forum i am apollo 15. Joined on stage today by six incredible individuals and each of whom have shaped the history and the future of human spaceflight. I will give a little introduction but as he said my name is lianne much like panelists today, i have never been to space which gives you an idea of the impressiveness next to me, but i did grow up in florida and watched many of you wants to space. It is one reason i chose to pursue engineering. I have gone on to h...

[no audio] as he said, my name is the deanne. Unlike most panelists today, i have never been to space which gives you an idea of the impressiveness next to me, but i did grow up in florida and watch many of you wants to space. It is one reason i chose to pursue engineering. I have gone on to have an also al career and founder and ceo of future engineers and we have current talent with nasa were students rover. T the next mars i now, we have encourage them to go online and submit their names. Spe...

[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] again a brief break in the summit of bullying with the Education Department. While we wait for them to resume we will show you our Upcoming Program for this weekend on cspan2. Put tv on cspan two, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Here are here are some featured programs for this coming weekend on saturday at seven pm eastern, the Supreme Court of chief Justice Warren burger is the focus of the yellow Law School Lecturer the...

Stayed in their own political taverns, they got in a fight in the streets and it was really bad. Madison needed them brought together. Dolly madison began to have her receptions and she would ask nice ladies and women from town to come there, as guests. They would mix with the crowd and in those days the formal ways women sat on the stool feet facing the floor them and move behind them. Well she had everybody came, the whole congress came every week. She served hot coffee, she served wine, and t...

It is tremendously significant to show the contributions not just for africanamericans but all americans to show this is indeed our country and we contributed to it just as as much as anybody else if not more. How do you see the museum fitting into the larger story line with the passage of the civil right and the first africanamerican president is opening the museum. Does the museum itself have a larger role in history . I cannot continue to think of the 44th president of the United States and f...

Scalia is sending shockwaves through the capital. Efforts to control the senate bill 18replaced simply for the president leaves office. The democrats are accusing the gop of playing politics. Rejoined professor kirkland does up with what this all means for politics. On the one hand we know we just lost him but on the same token you have to look at the political side now. What does his death mean . Its a blow to the entire country because Justice School he is one of the champions of the conservat...

Not a hearing room at first. And then in the 1970s, Senator Frank Church began to investigate problems with the cia and fbi. And this was goaliing to be the first investigation into the intelligence operations. The material they were handling was so secret that it had to be in a secure place. So this room was converted. A floor was built across. It was turned into offices for the Church Committee that was investigating the cia and the fbi. They had armed guards standing at each of the doors to m...

Birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at Gettysburg College to talk about his military and political career as well as his relevance for 21st century americans. Then on saturday afternoon at 1 00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. Her stand helped instigate the bus boycott as we hear from the attorney for rosa park and demonstrators. Then at ...

Later, congress and the 1965 heart seller immigration and nationality act. Next on American History tv, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell gives a lecture on the rivalry between two kentucky politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and tr...