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Brains of consumers. its just nowadays, with so many of us sharing thoughts on line and publicly, its a lot easier. >> thank you so much. very interesting story. it was a sight that stopped people in their tracks this week, the shuttle discovery on the last flight. coming up, well talk with tom jones on the end of an are a and -- era and what the future holds for americas space program. >> making history right here. bringing the shuttle and manned spaceflight to a place that we can all visit. ...

Writing her obituary, to global leaders. is that fair? advise an author, journalist and fox news contributor and joins us live. hi, liz. is america in decline? >> well, it depends who is writing the story. and whose point of view. there are people who are genuinely writing stories, essays, books, poem, you name it, about -- and having discussions and seminars and university courses, et cetera about whether america is in decline. of course, many are coming with an anti-american feeling and a poli...

Dont have a commitment, we still dont have a goal. and, you know, weve got a lot -- theres a lot of gibberish out there on how wonderful the futures going to be, but without a real plan, that futures never going to come about. martha: interesting. thank you, captain cernan. always good to have you with us on this program. and i want to bring in mr. hughes now and talk a little bit about space x which is the program that you have very much involved in which does have something called the dragon s...

And we thank you for speaking out, tina and david. thanks so much, and were sorry for your loss, and we just congratulate you for having the strength to do what youre doing. to you both, all the best. gregg, back to you. gregg: thats quite a story. thank you so much for being here. lots still ahead. lets turn to jenna lee now for "happening now." jenna: hi there, gregg. were awaiting a big moment in the history of the space program. the retired shuttles, discovery and enterprise, will finally me...

Of service of discovery. launching hubble telescope. senator john glenn, one of my heroes, getting to ride the ship. it is important for people to see it up close and the scars and wear and tear involved exploring space. rick: what do you want people to know, tom, as they go is have it the spacecraft at their various locations when they are going to be retired? when parents take your young kids to get up close and personal look at shuttle fleet, what do you want them to be thinking about and tal...

Able to see. now we know that the shuttle program right now is stalled, to say the least. with that news what kind of emotions does that bring? >> transitions are always difficult. when you go from something you know and love, an old friend who took care of you especially me so well to orbit and back. but you realize eventually we need to i am hoping space program will continue and set our sights on new goals. jenna: if you would, stand by, captain altman, were continuing to take in the ceremony...

1500 feet above the washington monument. that would be quite a sight. >> brian is very depressed today because he thinks its emblematic of the space program coming to an end. >> what space program? we have nothing coming up the pike! >> i know it. >> let us know what you think about that. you can twitter us or e-mail us. >> according to gretchen who is my source and im about to go on e-mail now. were getting a lot of reabreed. we asked people for their mixes. we have puggle and labradoodle. >> a...

Stays on the run way it looks precarious, unnatural. and it looks huge. so i think that was the reaction. i didnt see any cheering. talking to people, though in advance of its arrival here you do sense melancholy that were proud, despite the losses of two space shuttles, we are proud of the program, what it accomplished, again, it was, you know, i think in many senses the last hooray of americas mans program, the gemini program, the apollo program, now we are without a space program, hopefully f...

Impersonated. >> the government is not interested in preventing someone from impersonating me. the government is interested in finding out as much government as they can. governments argument is this is benign. we are not harming anyone. the more information we have about the public, the better we are at keeping the public safe. the question is do we want a government that can find out everything about us? or do we want a government that will respect our rights? thats a great debate, that probab...

On the space station right now with zero gravity, and long durations in space for men and women is the kind of research that is actually necessary for more distant space exploration. you speak to a guy like senator leahy, frankly as excited as he is to see this happen today is very disappointed in the space shuttle program. hes disappointed that so much money was invested in the international space program at the expense of a second generation of shuttle aircraft. he told me that he spoke with s...