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Had to make trade-offs, particularly on questions of marginalized people and communities here on earth, because of our desire to pursue space instead. >> well, i certainly think there is, ill put it this way, a great opportunity to mis-serve the needy here on earth, on the surface, as opposed to our investments in space. i think we must continue to have a space program that is humans, not necessarily limited to the u.s., that does both look away from the planet earth, as well as look back toward...

In fact, a russian mission that carried the winter olympic torch and a nasa astronaut floated back to earth just a week ago. but news came this week that our astronauts star treks with foreign agencies might be coming to an end. under a plan funded by the mrngs, nasa is seeking the to partner with american companies to send astronauts to the space station as soon as 2017. so instead of hitching with the russians, were going to be doing so with private industry. bonnie, i want to go back to you, ...

Rapidly around that sun and we now know there are about 800 other planets in our near vicinity in this solar system or actually, in our galaxy. but so lets talk about the numbers. nasa budget right now is one-half of 1% of the federal budget. at the height of the apollo program going to the moon, it was 4.4%. and it really is about the values that we have and our priorities. we spent about 25 times the entire nasa budget on cosmetics in this country. and thats a choice. but what nasa really is, ...

Remember how proud they were. they finally caught up with the two superpowers, the united states and russia. and i think that takes a lot of time and energy and that needs to be -- so the propaganda moment should be taken out of -- >> so it becomes truly about science. >> its about science. >> when we come back, i want to ask about this question of how much do we spend. do we actually need to be spending much more, and whether or not what we learn from space is the thing that makes life better h...

What is costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. and i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in our audience are not old enough to know this. some of you are, and dont you dare act like you are not. and you remember the pollio shots, right. >> before known 55 people were scareed to death of polio. jon assa ulk came up with a vaccine and we got our shots and the country...

What is costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. and i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in our audience are not old enough to know this. some of you are, and dont you dare act like you are not. and you remember the pollio shots, right. >> before known 55 people were scareed to death of polio. jon assa ulk came up with a vaccine and we got our shots and the country...

We have to put a real focus on what is costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. and i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in our audience are not old enough to know this. some of you are, and dont you dare act like you are not. and you remember the pollio shots, right. >> before known 55 people were scareed to death of polio. jon assa ulk came up with a vaccine and w...

What is costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. and i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in our audience are not old enough to know this. some of you are, and dont you dare act like you are not. and you remember the pollio shots, right. >> before known 55 people were scareed to death of polio. jon assa ulk came up with a vaccine and we got our shots and the country...

What is costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. and i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in our audience are not old enough to know this. some of you are, and dont you dare act like you are not. and you remember the pollio shots, right. >> before known 55 people were scareed to death of polio. jon assa ulk came up with a vaccine and we got our shots and the country...

Used in nasas apollo program off the florida coast. anderson found ceo jeff beesis led the recovery effort. and a bowl that once sold for $3 at a yard sale just sold for a lot of money at a new york auction. the previous own other displayed it on a shelf for several years before learning its real value. so i ask you this. how much did it go for? >> i saw the article earlier today. it was like more than $1 million, wasnt it? >> yes. a lot more than $1 million. in fact, it was $2.2 million. >> t...