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The put a man on the moon but barack obama led us to a new space frontier where we pay the russians for a seat on their spacecraft so we can hitchhike to space. theyll add that later. i hope there is room on mt. rushmore for another face because now im convinced, that the 5th face on mt. rushmore is the current occupant of 1600 pennsylvania. i decided that he should be known, this way: instead of calling him mr. president, barack obama, maybe simpler to refer to him as the 5th face. i have notic...

The put a man on the moon but barack obama led us to a new space frontier where we pay the russians for a seat on their spacecraft so we can hitchhike to space. theyll add that later. i hope there is room on mt. rushmore for another face because now im convinced, that the 5th face on mt. rushmore is the current occupant of 1600 pennsylvania. i decided that he should be known, this way: instead of calling him mr. president, barack obama, maybe simpler to refer to him as the 5th face. i have notic...

Specific political party that is out to demonize science in some ways, to undercut the faith in it. >> but dont you think his point that if it was in our face culturally, the vacuum of c conspicuous science in our culture -- >> i want to talk about richard glassers private money coming into this. >> but hes not advancing a space frontier, hes not leading a hacharge to mars. he cant because its expensive with unknown costs and unknown risks. when you combine those three factors, you cannot establ...

We bring him for that reason. what are the stakes? obviously, we could talk about going to space. youre not going to space, but youre making a broader point which is, if we dont have a rapidly moving forward culture that values science and technology when our rate of change is high, then we got problems. id like to know what you think the stakes are. >> i have very little to add to what you just said. >> what can we learn here? >> the point is, its not just are we in space, its are we advancing ...

>> the original title of the book was "failure to launch: the dreams and illusions". they said thats too depressing. no they will not advance the space frontier because the frontier of space is expensive. its dangerous. thats not right for a capital market to value. the history of human exploration is one where government takes the first step. they pay for the first patents. they draw the maps. government paid for columbus voyage and louis and clark. thats who figures out whats going on and then...

The put a man on the moon but barack obama led us to a new space frontier where we pay the russians for a seat on their spacecraft so we can hitchhike to space. theyll add that later. i hope there is room on mt. rushmore for another face because now im convinced, that the 5th face on mt. rushmore is the current occupant of 1600 pennsylvania. i decided that he should be known, this way: instead of calling him mr. president, barack obama, maybe simpler to refer to him as the 5th face. i have notic...

The put a man on the moon but barack obama led us to a new space frontier where we pay the russians for a seat on their spacecraft so we can hitchhike to space. theyll add that later. i hope there is room on mt. rushmore for another face because now im convinced, that the 5th face on mt. rushmore is the current occupant of 1600 pennsylvania. i decided that he should be known, this way: instead of calling him mr. president, barack obama, maybe simpler to refer to him as the 5th face. i have notic...