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June 17, 2012
Around for a few days, but he had no broken bones. amazing to walk away from something like that. matter of fact, i talked to him about two weeks after that and he was already looking for parts to get another car back together. >> the driver, tommy adams, returned to racing. he died in 2011 from an illness unrelated to the accident. drag racing is clearly a dangerous sport, but thats all part of the attraction. >> any time you stick 3,500 horsepower in a suspended door car it will add a little m...
June 6, 2012
Enterprise paved the way for the flights of colombia and their sister ships. jenna: what would people see with this thing? will they crawl around inside it? what can they do? well not be able to go inside the shuttle, tom but well be able to go up pretty close around it if anyone visits the intrepid museum in the future. what should we look for, if we get close to a space shuttle what are the some of the important things we shouldnt miss? >> well from the outside jenna you will see the crew entr...
May 22, 2012
>> its history in the making for the first time ever, a private company launches a rocket into space. wfols steve gelback was there and joins me live from kennedy space center. what can you tell us, steve? >> were now four minutes or four hours into this historic launch and that dragon capsule is racing its way trying to catch up with international space station. that will happen on thursday, the actual docking wont happen until friday but this was a second chance, if you will. they had that fir...
May 22, 2012
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...
May 20, 2012
Is it fair to call it a loser? >> this launch was stopped. we havent had but the private sector, lets wait and see. >> okay, the thing didnt get off the launch pad. im all for cutting government expenses. we should tackle healthcare and all the entitlement programs and im willing to cut defense but i dont want america to get out of the space program. that is the symbol for the world says, our days are over, our best days are gone. america is on the downside. >> because you dont want to have the ...
May 20, 2012
if he succeeds, he charts a path out of the crisis for other countries. then iran. its in dire economic straits for a very different reason. we have another exclusive. this one with irans finance minister about just how crippling u.s.-led sanctions have been for his nation. next up, a conversation with paul krugman. the biggest question in the world today is whether to spend or whether to cut. krugman is the leading voice saying stimulate. ill ask him to defend his views. all tha...
May 20, 2012
. >> and this morning the times is out with a very lengthy examination of romneys mormonism. president obama, meanwhile, has been getting a very different reception. >> which one of us here at "the view" was on "dancing with the stars?" >> that would be sherri. >> are the media giving romney far more scrutiny in this campaign? facebook goes public with a bang. >> tonight the facebook frenzy. >> tonight on world news, facebook fever. one of the biggest stock sales ever creating a thousa...
May 19, 2012
A nasa spokesman says there was apparent lay an automatic shut down by the on board computers. instead of blasting off cape canaveral the rocket stood theren othe launch pad. engine problem is expected. next launch attempt will be on tuesday if the problems can be fixed on time. certainly hope it can. good luck. the kennedy family once again saying good by to a loved one much much too soon. a funeral for mary richardson kennedy set to take place in just a few hours in bedford, new york. mary is ...
May 19, 2012
Lift off. weve had a cutoff. lift off did not occur. >> rick: see, we have problems in television, live tv, problems on the launch pad there. engine trouble delaying the rockets historic first mission to space. nasa looking to the private company to help resupply the international space station after ending the shuttle program. also family and friends gather to go remember mary kennedy at a private ceremony in new york. she was found dead, an apparent suicide in her home on wednesday >> arthel: ...
May 19, 2012
company is aborted as spacex dragon rocket suffer as problem. international baby adoptions, as a heart wrenching story sheds lights on the struggles of overseas adoption we put the baby business in focus. how many people liked facebooks initial public offering, we break down the social networks newest circle of friends. we start with that glitch in the space plan. >> 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. and -- >> that is the dragon spacecraft on the launch pad at cape canaveral, i didnt get off the gr...