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Neil: a real honor to be with you. i feel we are kindred spirits, fellow astronauts. maybe not in my case. i just followed it on tv. when you see something like this, the us is revamping and reprioritizing space, it is more crowded field. what do you think? >> it is coincidental that this is the 12th launch of antares, a magnificent launch, hope you got a chance to see it as i was the 12th person to step on the moon. we are in the 12s. neil: there were 12 apostles, i could go on a while. we keep...

Computer. the computer just lasts longer. that is absolutely nuts. for 40 years, weve been at the same speed. that is why we have the space program in our phone. if we had a moores law for airplanes, wed already be on pluto, but we havent. we are still stuck flying and heavy planes. if we wanted to, we could go higher up, ten times faster, but we dont. this idea that this is somehow a great thing, its pac prophetic. we could be on another planet if we just had. >> dana: its also pathetic that th...

When you look at what they did to justice kavanaugh and so many other things last week, i think this is one of the worst weeks in the history of the fake news media. you have been wrong on so many things. and this one will be, i wouldnt say it will top the list, because i think you cant do worse than some of the stories you missed over the last week or two, but the media of our country is laughed at all over the world now. youre a joke. okay, what else? >> mr. president, has the prime minister -...

We have vice president pence very much involved. we have a tremendous space program. if you look at our facilities, they were virtually closed up, crab grass growing on the runways. now theyre vital. were going to mars. were stopping at the moon. the moon is actually a launching pad. thats why were stopping at the moon. i said weve already done the moon. thats not so exciting. they said, no, sir, its a launching pad for mars. well be doing the moon, but well really be doing mars and were making ...

Reporting outside reagan national airport, rene marsh, cnn. indias prime minister is reassuring scientists that an attempt to send a rover to the moon was worth the journ aey an effort. that is even though the mission is assumed to have failed. the prime minister modi was watching with scientists as the spacecraft lost contact with the control room just moments before it was supposed to land. mr. modi also tweeted we will remain hopeful and will keep working on the countrys space program. fi...

Of the most ambitious mission of our space program. victim very low voice but. we really need to cover more ground on. the landing of the space craft was also broadcast life on television across the country tensions were running high ahead of the event the chandrayaan 2 was successfully launched in july after a previous attempt was called off due to technical problems. chandrayaan which means moon craft in ancient sanskrit spent the last few weeks travelling to us the south side of the moon. on ...

Chandra on 2 orbiter launched into space in july and has been circling the moon for almost 3 weeks if it touches down successfully itll be the 1st craft to land near the lunar south pole an uncharted and unexplored part of the moon. expected. lets get more on this from d.w. delhi correspondent michelle giles wall now michelle prime minister modi has been talking to employees of his countrys space agency all we know is the loss of context doesnt mean the mission has failed is there any more infor...

I myself am on an air mattress. ive got my can of beans around here somewhere. someone must have moved it. but we brought in our own food. weve got enough food for three or four days. we were ready to be here for the long haul. and so its a duty and an honor really to be here to make sure that we secure the assets of our space program which are so important to our country, john. >> right. all right. thank you so much for being with us this morning. really appreciate it. i have to say, its fascin...

Protect those towering pieces of equipment? you cant lock it down. its not like a boat that you can sort of tether into the park? how do you do that? >> exactly right. one of the things that we are doing is protecting our new space program. we are going to learn how to live in another world. as you mentioned, all that infrastructure needs production. right here, we have rolled it in on a giant transporter, into that bay right there. tucked it away. that is an important piece of hardware thats go...

Time around there is a rush to preparedness. were already seeing long gas lines. local affiliates were highlighting the fact that some stores are without water. of course that will be replenished in the coming hours and days ahead. but youre already seeing the rush for preparedness. emergency officials here at the state level are having conference calls on a daily basis. were even seeing the kenned space station take precautions. when another update comes out about hurricane, theyll make a decis...