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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...

Charles, its an honor to have you here. thank you so much for coming in. >> its a pleasure. well, my best selling book has been released in paperback, and i know youre employing to enjoy it. its a great read for parents and grandparents, for you or maybe as a gift for someone. all right. the paperback edition of "dear chanted ler, dear scarlet." coming up, astronaut jean sternan, the last man to walk on the moon. well talk about how the declining state of our space program is a reflection of t...

It took almost two years before another american crew went into orbit. apollo 7, october 11, 1968. >> its okay, thrust. >> the space program was back, but a slow re-entry wasnt going to be enough to meet the deadline by the soviets. it would require a dramatic change of plans. coming up,

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...

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 ...

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...

Charles, its an honor to have you here. thank you so much for coming in. >> its a pleasure. well, my best selling book has been released in paperback, and i know youre employing to enjoy it. its a great read for parents and grandparents, for you or maybe as a gift for someone. all right. the paperback edition of "dear chanted ler, dear scarlet." coming up, astronaut jean sternan, the last man to walk on the moon. well talk about how the declining state of our space program is a reflection of t...

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...

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...