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Appreciate your teenage comments, but i have 40 and 50 year old young men and women coming up and saying captain cernan thank you. im a scientist, im an engineer, im a schoolteacher, im flying air force jets because of what you did. its because of what we were doing as a nation, committed to something that had never been done before. kennedy challenged us to go to the moon. i wasnt even in the space program. and i was one of those young people where, hes asking us to do the impossible. hes askin...

Women coming up to me and saying, captain, thank you. im a doctor. im a scientist. im an engineer. im a schoolteacher. im flying navy air force jets because of what you did. it wasnt because of what i did. its because of what we were doing as a nation, committed to something that had never been done before. you know, when kennedy challenged us to go to the moon, i wasnt even in the space program. he is asking us to do the impossible. he is asking us to do what cant be done. of course, the rest i...

Walking on the moon. today were taking clean laundry to the space station. we cannot even put an american in space anywhere, much less go to the moon on a piece of hardware that says made in the usa. that hurts. and it ought to hurt everybody. >> it certainly should. captain, thank you. you certainly are a hero to me and to all americans to lived during that wonderful and magical time of the space program. its an honor to have you on the show. thank you. [ applause ] >> its my honor. you have a ...

Country, and we -- you know, its very disheartening for me. i dont know. you may very well know jim -- we wrote a number of articles on op eds over the last several years. we had bipartisan support in the congress. it doesnt seem like much has happened in the last four or five years. >> you were the last man to the moon. that was 41 years ago. >> captain, i just cant imagine, i wouldnt have thought 41 years ago that we werent going to go back, that our space program was going to be in this level...

Saying, captain, thank you. im a doctor. im a scientist. im an engineer. im a schoolteacher. im flying navy air force jets because of what you did. it wasnt because of what i did. its because of what we were doing as a nation, committed to something that had never been done before. you know, when kennedy challenged us to go to the moon, i wasnt even in the space program. he is asking us to do the impossible. he is asking us to do what cant be done. of course, the rest is history. those -- the in...

Today were taking clean laundry to the space station. we cannot even put an american in space anywhere, much less go to the moon where he said made in the usa. that hurts. it ought to hurt everybody. >> it certainly should. captain, thank you. you certainly are a hero to me and to all americans who lived through that wonderful and magical time of the space program. i appreciate so much for you being here. its an honor to have ow the show. thank you. >> dont miss the fox new special. fly me to th...

Country, and we -- you know, its very disheartening for me. i dont know. you may very well know jim -- we wrote a number of articles on op eds over the last several years. we had bipartisan support in the congress. it doesnt seem like much has happened in the last four or five years. >> you were the last man to the moon. that was 41 years ago. >> captain, i just cant imagine, i wouldnt have thought 41 years ago that we werent going to go back, that our space program was going to be in this level...

The leaders, being out m forefront, and, governor, in the last four years, its really heartbreaking because in the last four years weve really torn that down. weve "transformed" the space program, and, unfortunately its the way we are transforming the country. it bothers me tremendously. >> i can remember all the things we benefitted by. the spinoff from the space program are magnificent. everything from our gps to the digital watches and digital cameras and things that we take for granted. are ...

Mankind. god speed to the crew of apollo 17. if. >> im convinced that the space program will come back. the country used to have something to look forward to. my grandmother on a farm in michigan had a ring telephone, no electricity, an outhouse and she watched the first guy walk on the moon. id like to see the next generation leave fingerprints like we left on the moon. i hope that happens. >> most of the apollo astronauts thought we would go back. that is the very nature of the civilization to...

Women coming up to me and saying, captain, thank you. im a doctor. im a scientist. im an engineer. im a schoolteacher. im flying navy air force jets because of what you did. it wasnt because of what i did. its because of what we were doing as a nation, committed to something that had never been done before. you know, when kennedy challenged us to go to the moon, i wasnt even in the space program. he is asking us to do the impossible. he is asking us to do what cant be done. of course, the rest i...