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Trek, so did i. you grew up idolizing neil armstrong and buzz aldrin. was that a little bit idealistic? are we he a reality in space tht no one really wants? >> i think you need the peaceful dialogue. otherwise there is no hope of us ever achieving that. you still need to believe that the better sides of us all -- >> better angels. >> will one day -- the better angels of our faith -- will somehow, if not be the destination, influence the unfolding of geopolitics on route. and without it, its a w...

Joint chief chairman, mark milley, in november 2022, is a stark warning. >> it was a history of war, the history of mankind. >> it extends into space, but the space race is just between the u.s., and russia. >> they had leap frogged russia, launching more rockets to the u.s. in 2022. completing the orbiting space station, and in the far side of the moon. >> it adapts the fastest, and it innovates the most. that country will have a decisive advantage at the beginning of a war. which, i suspect, w...

West. >> the u.s. uses a spy solid ally to monitor what its adversaries are doing. >> this is the newest infrared satellite used to detect the heat signatures from any missile or rocket launch anywhere in the world. this is half scale. the real satellite is about the size of a school bus. >> on this day, closely watching both taiwan and ukraine. >> bird-watching pretty much any area of the world that we should be watching and national security perspective. and we are capable of watching any part...

The new suit, designed to keep astronauts alive for 144 hours, should their spaceship lose cabin pressure. >> you can see, there is a feed port here where using a specialized bag design, we can put liquid nutrition and, think of like a protein shake, and the crew member can turn their head in the helmet, and be able to drink that, so they can get the proper nutrition. >> how is it in there, is it hot? >> its good, its nice and cool. i have cooling carve underneath, theres a two going from left, ...

That is to be determined. >> what is your concern about the concerns in the moon, in space, and lunar? >> they are secretive. there is no openness at all for their space program. they do not want to cooperate. and it is, primarily, a military program as well as a civilian. they will tell you, that is not true, but, in fact, it is. >> chinese president, xi jinping, has talked, four years, about transforming china into a leading space power by 2045. military, and civilian space experts caution it,...

Conducted a similar test in 1985, it was at a low altitude. >> heres the difference, the china satellite that they took out was high enough in orbit so that all those pieces are still there. creating a debris catastrophe. if you take out a satellite and lower orbit, the air molecules there, they will slow it down, they will take it out of orbit in due time. so that the lowest orbit debris has a self cleaning mechanism. high up, it does not. so it was in that sense irresponsible to do this becaus...

Future space station called gateway that will orbit the moon. this is capstone, the actual size, its about 50 pounds or so. it has deployable solar panels. the key to this is the antenna on top which transmits and connects directly with an orbiting necessarily light. >> what recreating as a gps of the moon that is expandable to effectively become the base -- the foundation for what the internet of the main of the future will look like. >> capstone is also helping the west gain the high ground wi...

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Vehicle sitting on top of an icbm that, is nuclear capable. it has been out there for 30 years. it is operational with the united states of america, and is in insights. >> how do they respond with russia, and china, testing offensive weapons in space? school blowing up its own satellites? in december 2021, astronauts, and cosmonauts in the space station, having to shelter in an escape capsule, before they head for the debris of the russian test. the fear, each exposing satellite could take out a...

It is in the u.s., do they also have satellite based weapons? u.s. commanders will not say. >> i think we have options on the table, but i would prefer to not get into those. i dont think i want to see what we have, and we dont. >> does the united states have offensive capabilities in space already? >> i wont talk about about what capabilities we may, or may not have. i will say that with the chinese, and the russians have done, are irresponsible, and, frankly, do not help in terms -- >> many in...