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When you were a little kid. You saw a rocket go off and said i want to do that. Is it that simple or that complex . I was interested in rockets in astronomy long before people get spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try to build some rockets. I wanted to become a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. Worked at the rocket society. I wanted to become a rocket engineer but essentially they said you have to go to mit or to caltech. I cannot afford either. So i too...

Has ever embarked. Neil saturday april 11th, 1970. Liftoff for apollo 13. Neil third trip to surface of the moon. Looks good. Neil commissions commander to be fifth man to walk on. Yes, Alan Shepherd had been grounded for 9 years and he was up for flight again, and so because of his space program, okay, you get apollo 13. And then, you know, wiser heads management said, wait a second, shepherd doesnt have that much screening so far. Maybe we need to give him more training. I had made apollo 8 an...

Has ever embarked. Neil saturday april 11th, 1970. Liftoff for apollo 13. Neil third trip to surface of the moon. Looks good. Neil commissions commander to be fifth man to walk on. Yes, Alan Shepherd had been grounded for 9 years and he was up for flight again, and so because of his space program, okay, you get apollo 13. And then, you know, wiser heads management said, wait a second, shepherd doesnt have that much screening so far. Maybe we need to give him more training. I had made apollo 8 an...

Vicks sinex. Breathe on. Very close to the peak. The race of new coronavirus cases and hospitalization stabilizing across the country but the white house responding to new evidence top officials ignored repeated warnings and failed to act earlier at a high cost. If you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. Just ahead our live one on one with the director of the cdc. Direct deposit. The first wave of that badly needed stimulus money starts ...

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For president s on Inauguration Day. Joining me now in our cbs coverage is Bob Schieffer, our chief washington correspondent and anchor of face the nation. Bob, what are you expecting to see . Well, its going to be an important day for the nation, but i must say, you know, the fiscal cliff negotiations, the slaughter of those children in connecticut made it difficult for washington to be festive this time around. Its also a very unusual atmosphere because of this gridlock. I mean, youre not hear...

Leaders face welcome im neil cavuto so good to have you this very very busy saturday. Lets get a read right now over at the white house, how they are digesting all of this , and the recommendations, so far, david from the white house, has been governors can do so far what they want to do. Thats been pretty much the call , what changes or could change now . Neil, good morning to you, President Trump said that yesterday at his Coronavirus Task force briefing hes going to leave things up to governo...

From rockets on fire with astronauts on board to crew capsules tumbling uncontrollably in orbit, space exploration is a risky business

Misquotations are numerous, prevalent, and seemingly, inevitable. Hamlet's "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio" (5.1.190-1) is frequently misquoted as

"Houston, we have a problem." This is easily one of my all-time favorite space movies. Ron Howard's docu-drama thriller Apollo 13 first opened in theaters in the summer of 1995, celebrating its 29th anniversary this year. The old 35mm trailer scanner YouTube recently posted a crisp 2160p scan of the original Apollo 13 trailer. Though