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It was all vapor ware, and i think now what the presidents trying to do is get us back on a path that really does get us where we all want to go. >> mary ellen, do you agree with that? actually some of it i agree with it, but a great deal of it i do not. first of all, the space shuttle was a fantastic program. i mean, if you think about it, the risky part of any space mission to any planet or orbiting body out there in the universe, the most risky part is launching and landing and thats what the...

Its not getting any easier for toyota. its ordering tests on every suv model to make sure that theyre stable. toyota is taking a step after a "consumer reports" warning about rollover dangers with the lexus gx 460. reaching for the stars. how many kids do you know that wanted to grow up to be astronauts. first there was gemini, then apollo and today the space shuttle. tomorrow? thats what were talking about now and president obama is planning for the future of space exploration, but thousands ...

Does for us. >> well, well keep talking about it for sure. roger hamburg, andrew saken, and mary ellen, thank you very much. appreciate the discussion. as president obama ushers in a new space program. we thought wield see some of your favorite space comments and some of your blog comments just ahead.

Underneath his fingernails. the records did not sell at auction, good news for sir tom who will be 70 in june. he was knighted about four years ago. jon: and guess who weve got now? tom jones! not the singer, this guy is an astronaut and very smart guy. dr. tom jones is with us to talk about president obama. hes enroute to the kennedy space center in florida to unveil his administrations plans for the future of the u.s. space program. so far the white house has axed the constellation program tha...

As the president gets ready to head to kennedy space center to announce his new plan for the program, for the space program, once again i want to bring back mary ellen weber, former astronaut and andrew saken, space historian and science journalist and roger hamburg. weve been hitting the serious issues about the space program and andrew you cut a little bit of what i said when i threw out velcro and we should point out the three spin-offs of nasa, right, that we talked about, teflon, velcro and...

>> hundreds of events today could involve hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of people. what can we expect from the tea party rallies? im josh levs. ill have that at the top of the hour. im john zarrella at the kennedy space center. in just a few hours the president will be here to outline his vision for the nations future in space. ill have that story coming up at the top of the hour. thanks, guys. were going to continue our look at the future of the space program next hour as well ...

And parts of the red river. were seeing that across the rio grande and i-1 as well. the rest of that moisture arcing around the northern part of that ridge into the western great lakes. and its starting to die down into new york. and over the weekend, well see a resurgence of that moisture. 81 degrees in atlanta. 71 degrees expected in new york. and as we travel, we shouldnt see too many delays here stateside. but mentioned this earlier in the program, that this ash cloud thats emanating from th...

They were canceling the constellation bram that wcon s l constellation program that was going to be the program. the president is coming down here today in about 4 1/2 hours and to restate this policy and the changes of what it was a few months ago. they are going to decide in the next few years on a heavy-lift vehicle that will take humans to perhaps mars to asteroids. theyre going to do a downsized capsule that is going to be used in case thats ever needed. theyre going to pour $40 million int...

Megyn: those words from the day america changed the world. now the first man to walk on the moon is blasting the obama administrations plan for nasas future. neil armstrong, along with two other heros of the apollo program, co-signing the following letter to the president which reads in part: megyn: former astronaut is also in charge of the constellation program thats been canceled by the president. allall right, doc, so youre a rocket scientist, astronaut, smart guy, and youre in charge of the ...

Technology and science programs. megyn: why? why do that? >> because thats their agenda, you know? it makes no sense to you and me, but there are people like ms. garver who believe spending money on technology and science programs is more important. megyn: how are we going to recruit new astronauts if theres no promise or even hope of ever going up into space? >> thats an amazingly great question because we just saw the clip from neil armstrong, you know? i was in the sixth grade when i watched ...