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Generation of engineers, a new generation of scientists, which led to the mercury program, the apollo program, a man walking on the moon and the internet. can we make that type of, again, long-term investment? the reason i didnt like the stimulus bill, had you come to me with a $2 trillion stimulus bill and said were going to build lightrail across the country, focused on next generation of energy development, okay, that sounds like an investment. but those type of bills are impossible to pass i...

Rightly skeptical of governments ability to do that. but we talked yesterday about -- and you brought it up, i brought it up, about what fdr did in 1941, 1942 with detroit, creating the arsenal democracy, 1957, ike after sputnik said, were going to create a new generation of engineers. that led not only to the apollo program and a man walking on the moon, but as tom friedman said, the internet. huge payoffs. >> america stepped up twice inc dumb-foundeded world. we did it in where there was the t...

>> when the wall street journal today starts to suggest that there are sign that is the economy is starting to recover, if the economy does, in fact, start to recover, whats the tea party movement going to be mad about? >> for one thing, taxes didnt go up much because the bush tax cuts havent been repealed yet. were worried about next year, paying for the health care bill. i want to get back to name-calling. im not just making this up or making a joke when i say those are liberals with the name-...

Oh, sure. >> did you smoke pot today? >> yeah. >> before you came here? >> yeah. >> cant wait to see that tomorrow night. larry king tomorrow night back in this chair with willie nelson. tonight, a few more minutes with buzz aldrin. we learned about your iphone app. how cool was it to be on "dancing with the stars," buzz? >> i think it was an honor to be selected to represent those people and because of the contributions of the apollo program in the past. i think it reminded people of the great ...

Halls and this may explain why we dont have more blacks at the tea party, a black conservative was beaten up so badly by union thugs he had to be hospitalized. another was in california -- >> hold up, ann. youre not going to convince me or any reasonable person watching the program that when members of congress are being spat on as they walk in the building, being called nigger walking in, there were liberals and other black folk doing that? >> im glad you bring that up. i have been reading abou...

♪ on the road again >> did you smoke a few joints, go on stage and sing. >> sure. oh, sure. >> did you smoke pot today? >> yeah. >> before you came here? >> yeah. >> cant wait to see that tomorrow night. larry king tomorrow night back in this chair with willie nelson. tonight, a few more minutes with buzz aldrin. we learned about your iphone app. how cool was it to be on "dancing with the stars," buzz? >> i think it was an honor to be selected to represent those people and because of the contr...

Orbit for quite a while, but the manner in which it was implemented right from the beginning trying to build a small rocket on one solid rocket for the crew and a large rocket for the cargo, we didnt need to divide it up into two different kinds of rockets. one medium size would have been fine, very much like whats been launching the shuttle. we sure ran into trouble -- >> so what do we gain from this new direction that president obama wants to take the space program in? whats the end game here?...

Beginning trying to build a small rocket on one solid rocket for the crew and a large rocket for the cargo, we didnt need to divide it up into two different kinds of rockets. one medium size would have been fine, very much like whats been launching the shuttle. we sure ran into trouble -- >> so what do we gain from this new direction that president obama wants to take the space program in? whats the end game here? >> well, we can have a two-phase program that leads toward permanence on mars with...

Program will let us engage in deeper space exploration, while biden says this will let us engage in open dialogue with el lf. >> rob marciano, thats the buss of going up in space. there is no carry-on baggage. >> youre wearing it, right? >> exactly. youre notbrying anything but the space suit youre wearing. >> i have a feeling if you were to try to sneak a carry-on there -- >> it would float away. >> that, too, yes. hey, kyra, were looking at unusually warm spring so far. especially across parts...

President wants to make changes. he wants space travel to be cheaper and faster. what do you think about his plans and how hes talking about changing the program? >> well, i think the reality is every presidents talked about doing it cheaper and faster. that was the whole purpose of the space shuttle and the justification as andrew said. i think the issue for nasa is that in its dna there is this notion that you have to do big, spectacular projects. you have to be doing something exciting. they ...