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Medically commit men to a lunar mission. >> americas next step, the apollo program, would get us to the moon, but apollo almost cratered as soon as it began. fox news reporting continues after the break.

I was with my family on vacation. we pulled off to the side. highway and listened to it on the radio. went to hotel and watch it on television the first moon walk. and neil and buzz dancing around on the lunar surface. that was one of inspirational things that got knee going toward the space program myself. to work with neil was truly and honor. >> gregg: it was one of americas proudest moments, wasnt it? >> with the culmination of eight years of intense effort, so many hundreds of thousands of ...

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>> its obviously really nice that, for example, discovery went into the smithsonian last week. i was there for that event. we now have enterprise going into new york. a lot of people are getting to see the shuttles. the problem we have is that we were going to retire the shuttles, and we had a replacement program, which was the constellation program to go on to the moon and mars and astroids and beyond. and unfortunately the administration canceled the follow-on program. when i met with people a...

Jenna: it doesnt get much prettier than that. rick: a picture-perfect landing. jenna: you have to give that pilot credit. he probably didnt expect to do that when he started his career, to fly in the discovery. the first mission by the discovery was in 1984. something to think about as were now in april of 2012 and that shuttle is being retired to the smithsonian for us all to be able to enjoy, but really marks an interesting turn, if you will, in our space program, and the space program ahead. ...

Jenna: well put. context for us to take in today. we often dont think of the smithsonian as a retirement home. in a way thats what is going to happen to discovery. doug, if you will just take us to, again the scene that youre watching. i tried to describe what is tolding discovery onto the 747. can you talk to us a little bit about how they made -- what they did to keep discovery attached to the 747 to make this flight? >> reporter: well, its something that nasa is well experienced with. its bas...

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The president doing things like, i dont know, the intercontinental railroad system, the intercontinental highway system, the apollo program. i know theres government waste but there are true investment, capital investments in things that we rely on to develop our economy. we do. theres such a thing as good government. >> republicans made great political hay for months being against big government and government spending. if the president plays the speech well tonight i think the republicans are ...

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