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What were they thinking, what was it like for them. what kind of a mission. apparently apollo 17 broke all the records, it was the longest mission and they brought back the most lunar samples and longest time in lunar orbit and simply amazing mission and so, you know, in early december here in 2012 to celebrate 40 years, it makes me really proud of what i do today. >> and you are still doing it. youre very, very involved with the program, and is the glass half full or half empty, as far as the f...

Are public servants and working for the united states government and celebrate that. >> did you got that out of my special then i hope you dont watch it. >> ben stein, all kidding aside, i just wonder, say what you will about what happened to our space program we used to own it and hitch a ride with the russians to still be a part of it. were trapped in our own debt and that seems to limit our options and even our thinking about how we get out of messes. >> it was a heart breaking situation, and...

I started up the ladder. i wanted to keep this moment going for a while. >> america challenge of the day for man and tomorrow. >> you were the last human being to touch that surface. >> you were the last man to touch the surface, how does it make you feel? >> humble. >> god willing as we show return. >> for all man kind. godspeed to crew of apollo 17. ♪ ♪ >> the space program will come back. the country needs to have something to look forward to, to look up to and be proud of. what can we do...

Times former shuttle as snow naught for nasa and planetary scientist. what do you think of nasas problems? at this point there are no plans to return humans to space until 2020, is that right, tom? >> americans are renting russian rockets to get to the space station. five years until we get american rockets from florida to go to the space station and deep space returning to the moon we were last it there 40 years ago, that will be 2020 or beyond. jon: i remember growing up as a kid astronauts we...

Peace and in hope for allman kind. gods speed to apollo 17. >> im convinced that the space program will come back. >> the country needs to have something to look forward to, to look up to, to be proud of. >> what can we do in ten thousand years? look how far we went in 70 years. my grandmother on a farm in michigan had a ring telephone, no electricity, an out house and she walked the first guy walk on the moon. >> id like to see the next generation leave footprints like we left on the moon, and ...

Current term. snow may be slowing north korea preparation for another rocket launch. south korean report that the north mounted all three stages of the vehicle may not have been accurate. satellite images indicate that the north could still be ready by monday. for what it says is the launch of a satellite. the west says its not a satellite at all. just cover for testing missile technology. still ahead, remembering the glory days of americas manned space program. up first, though, remembering a...

Other companies. other countries have a more serious problem. ive seen in russia, for example, they cant get people to come work in the space program. so in terms of where were heading, compared to other countries, we need to stay on a direction and need to have resolve to keep political support behind it and remind the public once in a while that we are moving towards new goals, as you see with the pictures that you showed. >> yeah, those pictures are pretty awesome. james oberg, always great t...

Resulted in another petition in -- to withdraw. anything can happen. you can see where this is going. but theres one petition on the site that we here at "the ed show" can certainly get behind. its a substantial stimulus project that would create millions of jobs, boost americas steel industry, got to love that, expand our space program, and basically guarantee our national security. what could be better? someone has petitioned the administration to build a death star. the fictional moon-size sp...

Resulted in another petition in -- to withdraw. anything can happen. you can see where this is going. but theres one petition on the site that we here at "the ed show" can certainly get behind. its a substantial stimulus project that would create millions of jobs, boost americas steel industry, got to love that, expand our space program, and basically guarantee our national security. what could be better? someone has petitioned the administration to build a death star. the fictional moon-size sp...

To withdraw. anything can happen. you can see where this is going. but theres one petition on the site that we here at "the ed show" can certainly get behind. its a substantial stimulus project that would create millions of jobs, boost americas steel industry, got to love that, expand our space program, and basically guarantee our national security. what could be better? someone has petitioned the administration to build a death star. the fictional moon-size space base capable of destroying enti...