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>>shepard: could there be long lasting trouble with the body? >>trace: he will be tested. nasa is very interested because they are looking at the suit, looking for the next generation of space suits. they want to know exactly how he did through that. that is why they will use all of his measurements and if he did well, which we think he did, suit could be the next on astronauts going into deep space. >>shepard: good stuff, trace. >> leaking propane and a lit cigarette is not a good combination b...

mind. >> we are going to be take ag little taste to see what is there for the first time that this scale in human history. >> but as the rover curiosity searches for life on mars, here is something to ponder, are we is something to ponder, are we earthlings the real aliens? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morn, everyone. im randi kaye, and it is 8:00 in new york, and 5:00 in los angeles. thanks for starting your morning with us. it is day two for the romney/ryan team, and ...

Plans for the space agency. test of parachutes for the orion spacecraft in yuma, arizona. casey stiegel is live with that. >> reporter: jon, because the shuttles have retired doesnt mean nasas work has finished. look behind me. a live look at the next spacecraft that will write the next chapter in our adventures far from earth. >> thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: its been more than 40 years since the famed apollo missions when humans stepped into deep space....

History of space exploration. jay gray has the details. >> reporter: science-fiction is slowly giving way to reality at nasa. they will have a ship that will define the future of american manned space exploration. >> travel further into space than any spacecraft for humans flown in 40 years since our astronauts went to the moon. >> reporter: deep space the specific destination. they have have an ambitious goal, unmanned space fight in two years. >> a new exciting chapter in americas great space ...

Dragon flights how much this is going to cost but the hope is that it will lower cost for the taxpayers, freeing funds for nasa to explore deep space with their orion deep spacecraft and the big booster designed to lift it. if nasa can economize on cargo service and astronaut flights to the station, farther out destinations are more in reach. this is big controversial that decision in 2010. this is big step forward in cementing that decision. jon: hats off to the scientists, engineers at spacex ...

colombia, it just got bigger. now its spreading to the dea. the drug enforcement agency. what would you do if you got smacked with a $93,000 bill and what if that bill wasnt even for you? well talk to one man who is on the hook for his mothers nursing home bill and the obscure law thats being used to make sure families pay up. beam me up scotty. the first private space launch is in history books with some very special cargo. shes taking over. >> you are a man. you might as well sta...

It hit my like the danger warning in robot in "lost in space," google has already taken over the earth. now the guys behind it want to kick asteroid in space. theyre not alone. theyre not alone. the seattle based planetary resources has the backing of billionaire ross perot, international software founder charles ciminck who founded space adventure, the first company to sell space travel. by the way, he sold it to himself. so stick that in your reentry rocket, nasa. youre out, these guys are in....

Behind japan. if we allow the research to happen in the private sphere without taxpayer dollars, that would be wonderful. >>neil: but there are a lot of folks looking at what is happening with the space program and watching this shuttle get a return trip to new york to be parked on the deck of the ship as saying good by to our national commitment to far bigger goals. you say, so be it. >>guest: yeah. this can all happen in the private sphere. look. there are so many people who are trying to get ...

And then i got news of something that looks promising. something possibly promising. because beware billionaires getting board. they get fidgety. spacey. a lot of them get a really spacey. deep space. as in lets go mining asteroids in deep space. its true. this is true. google chief executive larry page and chairman eric schmidt are both in on something so far out it almost makes you want to cookal the words missouri mick crazies answer see what comes up. i bet these guys names do. which is weir...

Anything of the sort. so, our options are few to nonexistent. argument that sure its a great deal to look to space, but, there is nothing in the cupboard to pay for it. >>guest: one of most important things it comes back to leadership with a vision and that is what john f. kennedy had and we need have leadership in this kept right now that understands our economic security, our energy security and national security --. >>neil: but kennedy linked that. he was driven by the fact that the soviets a...