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The late 60s, early 70s. >> this type of technology has existed for that long? >> yes. >> thats kind of remarkable. >> whats important to understand there technology has marched onward so the sophistication and capability of the dweesevices has improved. >> one more recent example of a directed energy weapon was created right here in the united states, as seen in this defense department video. >> long-range, nonlethal crowd control, a directed energy weapon. >> in 2007 the air force research lab...

Small asteroid but will cause it to spin. and this is tricky because its very far away. it is 11 kilometers, 11 million kilometers away from earth. so its far enough away that we cant control the spacecraft. so its actually being run autonomously and thats going to be fun to watch. >> kind of fun to watch. i think it is kind of fun to watch. it sounds like, you know, sort of a disaster movie in the making, but i like that were going to try to figure out whether we have this capability. so nice t...

It a danger to earth, and we are doing this now when we don�*t have to do in order to develop the capability to deflect an asteroid if we ever should need to in the future. mission control: three, two, one... and lift off, of the falcon 9 and dart. the spacecraft launched last year and has travelled nearly 7—million miles. after the end of the first stage, you see those - engines coming to life... now it�*s nearing its destination. its target is a small space rock called dyomorphus that�...

Outlier. theyre more concerned about the outlier possibility today than they were a week ago or a month ago. thats partly because of those statements that you hear from russia, but not just that. its also because hes on his back foot. hes retreating. the view has been for some time that putin cannot lose so that the further hes backed up against the wall, the more desperate he becomes, the risk of something so severe becomes higher. one thing i should note today, the u.s. has not seen, and this ...

Politics because people have lost faith in political institutions around the world? what do you think explains your success? >> translator: before getting to the point, let me tell you about my story. and why i placed so much importance on our alliance with the united states. whenever i ask a scientist, they say we must cooperate with america because they have the most technological prowess in the world. and if i ask a soldier, they say the united states has overwhelming capability in terms of t...

Is this part of this wave of people who are outside of the establishment, outside of politics, around the world, who are finding their way into politics because people have lost faith in political institutions around the world? what do you think explains your success? >> translator: before getting to the point, let me tell you about my story. and why i placed so much importance on our alliance with the united states. whenever i ask a scientist, they say we must cooperate with america because the...

Have the capability to operate on a radioactive nuclear battlefield, the soviet union did, they were equipped as was the united states, but this army he has doesnt have that capability and he knows that. the third thing is he would want the united states and europeans after having used a nuclear weapon, to pressure the ukrainians to surrender but the united states and nato are not going to do that. the likely response is going to be a military response against russia inside ukraine, not a nuclea...

Considered equally on a level playing field so that if they are qualified for the job, then they have a great opportunity of getting the job. and the best example i can give you of that is mike tomlin with pittsburgh, who in that job came open, no one felt like he even had a chance to be considered, all right? but went in and he had an interview and some of that had to do with the rooney rule, but he got to interview and he did a great job in the interview and he got the job. and he still has th...

Working on. its really exciting to see new capability coming up. and hopefully the next launch for spacex will be a success. everyone is very excited about starship as well. the more opportunities we have, the more vehicles we had to launch humans and cargo into space, the better. and i think sls is going to provide an incredible capability. a capability we have not seen in decades. its also an exciting time for space because there is so much activity. because you have companies like spacex also...

When the budget was over 4% of the federal budget. and so it is expensive. but it is building up important capability. it will contribute to science. and as we have seen from other space programs theres also many other positive effects that come from spaceflight. >> 53 billion is a tough pill to swallow. especially as we are still waiting for this thing to take lift off. teasel thank you so much for joining us in your insight come appreciate it. >> think for having me on. griff: i am rooting for...