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Japan of course. i dont know if we can afford to go it alone to mars. it might be a group of nations working together. but if china gets too aggressive in space, it might be a new spur the way the soviet union was for the john f. kennedy era. can we beat china in space exploration? the key is to not militarize but do it in the name of peace and public discovery. >> martha: you heard that loud and clear in what buzz aldrin said. that was very profound and interesting. just thinking about going to...

Giant leap for man kind. >> joining me now to reflect on this milestone and whats next for the space program, nasa astronaut randy breznic. it is great to have you with us 50 years ago tomorrow, such an important moment. i wonder for you who spent, what, 150 days in space? i know you were busy when you were up there, but did you ever gaze up at the moon and think what that moment must have been like? >> to look at the night sky and see that and know that 2 human beings walked on it, im sure like...

The human spirit can achieve when we set our minds to it. >> i loved covering the space program. im something of a space jungy, so i do not hold this view, but you know its out there which is that we did this 50 years ago. we put a man on the moon 50 years ago and that was remarkable and cool and forward looking. what were doing now with space you often here is meh. so how do you respond to that? >> certainly having spent five months aboard the international space station just two years ago and ...

Space program. >> we have the number one rocket right now in the u.s. and we have the number one spacecraft. and we cannot get into orbit without significant maneuvering capability. thats a great disappointment to me. >> joining us now to take a closer look is veteran space reporter and veteran journalist charles fisherman and also the author of "one giant leap that flew us to the moon." and also the editor of "silence magazine." charles, apollo 11 was built from the ground up in a little over e...

No longer be effective, and i believe that he should resign. >> president trump also tweeting about or do we go the other day. he said some bad things are happening in puerto rico and that it was foolish for congress to give $92 million in hurricane relief. but according to federal data, so far the u.s. congress has sent about 42.5 billion with hurricane relief. but the island has only received less than $14 billion since may. >> bret: jeff paul live in san juan, thank you. 50 years ago this wee...

What he thinks of the current space program. >> frankly a little disappointed in the last 10, 15 years. we were able to achieve so much early. we have the number 1 rocket in the u.s., the number 1 space cra craft. we cannot get into lunar orbit. thats a great disappointment to me. >> the president said his administration is working on plans to get to mars. a half century after astronauts first stepped foot on the moon. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> with a phrase and ...

The rocket image will be projected onto the washington monument the next few evenings. but your as "the washington post" take. the culture that put man on the mound is intense, fan -- from comp -- fun, family and friendly and mostly white male. lets turn to daily wire ben shapiro, great to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: what about those times compared to now. they certainly produce some serious results in terms of the space program. >> yeah, i mean to try to tie the bed of the times...

Thats why so many tests are performed in the space program they give us manufacturers as much information about the material. situations that were previously impossible to test at our factory. the 1st robot to land on a comet had quartz glass from the german company. so too does the european space observatory thats mapping the milky way. but theres not that much money to be made from space travel instead the knowledge gained here opens up new uses for quartz glass on the earth such as in particl...

Projected onto the washington monument the next few evenings. but your as "the washington post" take. the culture that put man on the mound is intense, fan -- from comp -- fun, family and friendly and mostly white male. lets turn to daily wire ben shapiro, great to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: what about those times compared to now. they certainly produce some serious results in terms of the space program. >> yeah, i mean to try to tie the bed of the times to the space program, wh...

Worked together. >> youve mentioned to me and as have other astronauts that when you are up in space looking back at earth you see things differently. a lot of the fights that we are involved in right now, a lot of cultural battles, a lot of political battles feel a little different ones youve been out in space. >> absolutely. you know, when you look at the earth from space, first of all, youre struck by absolute -- the absolute beauty of the planet, but then, you know, you realize when youre lo...