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Prize, you could go to space on a civilian-built spacecraft in twice as many weeks. here we are, suddenly it is becoming more real and it is an important milestone, i think, anderson, along the way, as we look toward broadening access to space. and that has all kinds of possibilities, not just for the exploration of space, but for -- >> and there you see -- miles, were seeing jeff bezos and his brother mark as well as wally lamb. they are just leaving the -- oliver, the 18-year-old, oliver damon...

This way you can bootstrap your way to the moon, and then to mars, and then maybe even to the outer planets. so you have to have that communications, refueling, manufacturing. you need to be able to do manufacturing in space. you dont want to drag everything out of the gravity well. its too expensive. so that is really why -- i dont like to think about privatization. i like to think about commerce. theres got to be jobs for people, good, well-paying jobs that people -- give people a reason to go...

And blue origin is trying to do that. >> they have -- the company has had setbacks. they had hoped to get contract from nasa for a lunar lander to get astronauts on the moon in 2024. that contract went to spacex. they are now contesting that contract with the general accounting office. well see what happens with that. but that was a big blow. they had certainly hoped to be the people to bring astronauts to the moon in 2024. jeff bezos has talked about having a permanent presence, human presence ...

Ja jeff bezos brother mark, a volunteer firefighter, he is making this trip with his brother and best friend. that is what we have, kristen and rachel here as well. as you watch this, rachel, what do you think? >> i mean, i cant help but start to get a little excited here. when you cover launches, anderson, as you know, they usually dont take off on time. so you cant get really too excited until the astronauts are strapped in their seats and on board. this is obviously not an orbital mission so ...

Bigelow space which is building inflatable habitats. you have companies building entirely new kinds of propulsion systems that dont rely on rockets. so this idea of an infrastructure, you have to have that in order for -- there is a possibility children being born today who will one day work on the moon or one day be part of a space mining company getting rare earth metals that you dont want being mined from the bottom of the ocean being taken from asteroids and being brought down to earth. so t...

Begins. basically the idea, anderson, is where an airplane could no longer fly with wings. and thats kind of -- its a gray zone, so thats why, you know, sir richard branson, although they went to lower altitude, they were still seeing the curvature of the earth, the blackness of the sky, and they were floating around. so i guess we can call that space and we can call them astronauts, too. >> how far do you think humankind is from a permanent presence on the moon, or some of these sort of grander...

Separate from the rocket itself. >> yes, that is why gary laid the architect i was speaking of. he said this is the safest spacecraft for human space flight thats ever been created. he worked for nasa. hes been with blue origin 17 years. >> there are no pilots on board. the crew are passengers. >> she wont be piloting this. >> i dont know if bezos has a license, but i know hes taken -- >> no pilots on board. fully autonomous. they have whats called a full envelope escape. if at any point, the ca...

Does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. theres no question its something that i would recommend. youre in zero gravity for four minutes. you come back down. we land gently on the desert surface. we open the hatch and you step outside. whats the first thing you say? >> i would say, honey, that was the best thing that ever happened to me. [ laughter ] >> thats jeff be...

In a couple space capsules. this is roomier. to your point, theres only four people flying on this. yes, if they had a full crew of six which they plan to do in the near future, it might be a little tighter. i dont know if wally would be able to do those summersalts quite easily. jeff bezos telling me hes excited to learn how this journey is going to impact him. only around 500 people have ever had a luxury of traveling to space. and all of them speak of the overview effect, and thats part of th...

Refrigerator. i mean, its nothing compared to -- its elementary compared to the power we all have in our pockets right now. >> yeah, its a testimony to human genius, which also one thing we have to remember, we keep talking about jeff bezos or elon musk. what is really happening here is a triumph of american science and engineers. we have a huge problem in this country with science denial. people really need to recognize that, you know, while bezos and musk are paying for it and spearheading the...