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Once america focussed it moved ahead in the area of space exploration. >> created a generation of engineers, mathematicians, scientists that created the american central. >> thats the sort of thing only the federal government can do. the state of illinois cant do that. if youre going to have a space program, its federal. the federal government should move forward on the things that only federal government can do. >> savannah guthrie, thank you so much. catch savannah and chuck on the "daily rund...

A certain -- the right telescope you can see, on a clear night. and, it is pretty neat. so is this story, folks: twin brothers, both nasa astronauts and you thought your family made out okay, right? they are both scheduled to command their respective missions into space, at the same time. so, from my home state of new jersey, where so many good things come from, commander mark and scott kelly, joining us from houston. gentlemen, welcome, good to have you both here! >> good to be here, martha. go...

Know, interested in a variety of things growing up. the space program being one of them. but never actually thought i would be able to have this, this job that i really consider a privilege. it really wasnt until later in life that i was working as a test pilot like mark that i felt like i had the qualifications to put in an application and be successful. >> as we all know, scott, over the years weve learned how difficult it can be to get into the program. then to actually go into space, were th...

Success. gregg: if it happens again, theyve got some backups here, right? >> they have four backup pumps, okay, theyre using one of them, and if this blows out, they got three more. so were not fooling with this, we realize the importance of temperature control on that space station. gregg: does this give you pause, though, about halting our space program? >> well, it does in the sense that were not going to the moon. mars is a very distant kind of thing. right now, the space station is the name...

When they resisted the macho images. maybe kids are better off looking up to heros of the space program. today space workers finished up vital repairs on a broken cooling system. look at the cute cubs. actually, theyre at the center of a controversy. theyre ligers. a cross breeding of a male lion and a female tiger. the mom and dad cats grew up together and had these cubs yesterday. but its illegal to cross breed rare and protected animals like these. i am way beyond my time limit. were way pass...

Thats 5,000 jobs. the space program is also winding down. those things coupled with the moratorium and the oil spill can be -- it has the potential to be devastating economically to our region. >> and very quickly, is it your hope that because the oil, theres the report the oil is disappearing faster than first thing, that maybe the president will reconsider the moratorium sooner rather than late her? >> well, i have been imploring of the white house and secretary salazar from the beginning that...

But explain the so-called heavy lift rocket that would ultimately replace the shuttle. >> heavy lift we would need for keeping the shuttle. the shuttle is the only vehicle in the world including the russian vehicles that will put up a heavy lift, put up a many tons lift. the soyuz vehicle that our personnel will be going up on, will only hold three people and about 120 pounds of payload beyond that, which is just nothing, of course. and so what were doing is committing ourselves to russia where ...

Countries. you talk about cyber security where we need to work closely with the contract community, they have the expertise, they work very closely with government. you have to look at the bomb, proliferation, weapons, all these things are out there. the contracting community works together they have a lot of expertise. from a management point of view the contractor phupbt they dont do the job they can be fired, we can hold them accountable. its a lot harder to fire a government employee than a ...

Steps on the surface of the moon on this day in 1969. the apollo 11 moon shot would never have been possible had it not been for the earlier heroics for men like john glenn. john glenn flew apollo 7 on the first-ever manned apollo mission. the future of the u.s. space program is up in the air, and sir, its great to see you, great to talk to you again. the president says the country really cant afford to do it, so what came of your meeting with him. >> hes devoted to a strong space program. he sa...

Article makes the point that there are some private contractors that have done some amazingly good work and very quickly and nimbly. sometimes the free market system can provide that kind of nimbleness. >> your question is what i was going to say basically the contracting community is part of our system right now and to protect our national security, which is really the whole purpose of what we do with the defense and -- defense and intelligence. the contractor community has a lot of research an...