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Decades and, of course, it has had a couple of tragedies which we all remember forever. the people in the shuttle do a wonderful job. i give them enormous credit for all they have achieved. >>neil: there has been a lot of company talk taking over space shuttle by jet, to get to space and back down-to-earth and this could be the future of space travel. what now thing of that? >>guest: well, i hope thats true, but, there is a long way to go from where we are today to that scenario becoming a reali...

Arm strong went a minute left and steered past that crater to a safe and smooth landing site and when he touched down, he had less than 30 seconds of fuel left and he knew exactly how much he had to work with and used all of it to get the lunar module down safely with buzz aldrin and himself. thats good driving. and the family time released a statement. next time you see the moon smiling down at you, think of neil armstrong and give him a wink. >> very appropriate advice and i think all of us wh...

Let me tell you it was a time that the nation was going through a lot of turmoil and apollo program held the nation together during that era. >> gregg: it was difficult year, with protests and assassinations but that was a moment, that one moment in time that was so incredibly important to this nation. its aspirations, its future and he really set the tone for it, didnt he? he was so humble whenever he spoke about that mission. >> he was. as you mentioned it was on the 30th anniversary that was ...

States. did you have a chance to talk about that and where it was going, the direction was taking? >> yes, he was like many of us surprised and disappointed that their accomplishment at the end of the apollo program were a point from which we retreated. used to be able to spend people quarter million miles in space and land on heavenly body. we have the shuttle program but we retreat to low earth orbit. i know that he and others were quite frustrated with the fact that we werent going out and ex...

tackle the victim. six victims dead along with the gunman. david mattingly, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, heres what we know this morning. we have a law enforcement source who is involved in the investigation telling us that the shooter was an army veteran and at one time it was believed to be a white supremacist. we know the witnesses at the temple describe him as a white male, bald, wearing a t-shirt, dark pants with april tattoo that says 9/11. all of that together, we have...

So-called reset button policy with russia has utterly failed here. i think until russia sees it is going to pay a cost with the united states, for its continued support of assad theyre going to keep on doing it. so there are a lot of things we could do. go back to a real national missile defense program. get out of the very ill advised new s.t.a.r.t. arms control treat. i have a long list of things we could do to convince the russians that were serious opposing their support of assad. jenna: i l...

The international space station. that means eventually it would be going further than any manned spacecraft since the apollo program. some new jets from europes airbus company will soon be stamped, boom, made here in america. airbus which is based in france just confirmed its building its first u.s. factory, the $600 million plant in mobile, alabama. the assembly plant is expected to start building jets three in years. the airbus deal will create 1,000 jobs. also public health alert this mor...

Phosphorus dust and burst into flames. martha: they are baking in the sun and its hot out there is that going to make this more likely? >> if they were dry and turned kind of powder lee and she was maybe jogging on the beach and they made dust in her pocket. that would be the weirdist and scariest possibility. this is genuine combustion of the rocks. martha: the first trips to the moon, so many components are present that could possibly be combustible. they were afraid that the moon or pieces of...

Program has been phenomenal if you think where it has come from for the last 30 years. its a beautiful sight. it reminds us what people can do when they have challenges. all the people that supported the shuttle over the years, thousands of people that made this possible really put a lot into this program. its a real, you know indication of american ingenuity if you will and its, it is bittersweet. beautiful to see this amazing thing that we have in the space shuttles but of course its sad that ...

She sets up for what i think is going to be the final landing here at jfk. so, scott, just imagine that you are the pilot of that 747 with 90 tons of space shuttle on board. what are you doing, what are you thinking? >> well, what youre thinking is everybody in the world is watching you right now and you sure dont want to mess this one up. jon: thats for sure. you mentioned the drag of the, just the aeronautical drag of having the shuttle onboard that big 747. its a pretty fine touch on the thro...