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>> keep going. >> there arent any tea partiers exactly in disaster sites, as well. so that carries -- >> by the way, you raised a point. i saw a poll today in the favorite conservative newspaper "washington examiner" and even in the republican party, the most conservative of the parties, obviously, the tea partys doing about 60%. outside, theyre not popular. its stunning. >> right. >> very unpopular among independents, democrats and among republicans, three out of five. thats not exactly -- and ...

Moment no doubt in my mind. i dont mind the shuttle retiring. it is probably time to retire the shuttle. we have modified it over the last 30 years, and it is still the most remarkable flying machine by mankind, but it is time to move on and go to the next step. the disturbing part is that after the next launch in the end of june here of "atlantis" that is the last shuttle launch, but we are not phasing in the next manned space vehicle the orion program, because it has been put on delay. >> what...

Get man into space, and to me, that is is a shame. >> it has though been responsible for so many breakthroughs that we use everyday here on the ground and not up in space. do you think that will all go away? >> well, i sure hope not. i think that if we want to be the leader of the world and keep pushing technology and creating new jobs and do all of the things that we need to do as a great nation, i think that we need our space program. we do push technology. we bring the brain power of the worl...

Russian rockets to get to the international space station. so talk back today. what will the last space shuttle mission mean for america? facebook.com/carolcnn. ill read your comments this hour. >> very interesting question. bush administration wanted to send us to mars and the obama administration says hold on. >> the space program has always been symbolic of something bigger. its what america does. if we put our minds to it, we can do it. what does it symbolize now? >> right. great question, c...

Because some will miss the space program as it exists today. the "talk back" question, what will the last mission mean for america? "the shuttle program shows the spirit of america. it shows how when we can come together, we can achieve anything. it proves our innovative and determined spirit. we must find a way to continue this important part of american identity." this from tom -- "maybe this will give nasa a chance to evaluate all of their programs and cut the ones that do nothing, redirect f...

As you all know at home having watched this space program. endeavor has had an i will lulsd 116 million miles. the same as 243 round trips to the moon. that has been going on since may of 1992. it has been a workhorse. it carried 167 crew members. later she be on permanent display. this will go to the california science center in los angeles. a fitting homecoming given endeavour was built in southern california. so it will be returning home after it hopefully makes this successful final miss sun...

Days. its going to be monday now we hear, probably around 4:00 is the next window of opportunity for the space shuttle endeavor which is the second to last shuttle launch in the entire program, so really significant moments for that space program. so in thinking about the president for a moment there are new poll numbers that have come out. the poll numbers seem to be static really over the past couple of weeks. his approval rating remains at his all time low for the second w-bweek in a row. the...

Eastern. heres your chance to talk back about one of the big stories of the day. we are just a few hours away from the last launch of space shuttle "endeavor." after that, theres one more shuttle launch for the space program and that brings us to todays question. carol costello with more. >> im so glad you took off that hat for my sake. i think we have a hat for you. so dont worry about that. >> okay. lets talk about the space program, though, shall we? july 20th, 1969, i was a little girl bac...

There is a lot of ill feeling toward the president in the central florida and orlando area, the kennedy space center area, because of the fact that he did cut the moon program, he cut the constellation program that president bush had and he is talking about reaching an asteroid or mars in 2030 which given the fact that if he win as second term he would be gone by 2016 seems a reach and he is talking about commercial space projects in the intervening years. interestingly, congresswoman gabrielle ...

Independents, democrats and among republicans, three out of five. thats not xktly -- theyre benefiting. >> what do people want at a time of disaster like this? government, federal government help. >> cutting jobs in the space program in florida. >> local level, yeah. remember as well, taking a hit here for the budget cuts that republicans want more of. that just show that is if they really pushl it hard theyre all going to suffer. >> theyre real. >> thats not deficit cutting does not create jobs...