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This week, Bill sits down with Columbia University professor,  Senior Advisor of Space Programs and former NASA astronaut, Mike Massimino.

Spirit Aerosystems, WSU open new facility for defense and space projects

Spirit Aerosystems, WSU open new facility for defense and space projects

Hours away from chinas second manned mission to help build its new space station. david culver has more on the launch. >> reporter: just behind me, you can see the launch pad for the vessel. it will be launching off and traveling to heavenly palace, chinas soon-to-be completed space station. why is china building their own space station when there is the international space station? because the u.s. barred china from participating in the i sec ss so theyre constructing their own. astronauts from...

Of space programs. theres the suborbital, tourism aspect, which may probably do some science, eventually, some day, which will be great. you know, theres the stuff we do on the space station. theres going back to the moon and mars and all of that has its benefits in its own way. but i think just the inspiration aspect alone, the motivation for kids to study the s.t.e.m. subjects, because those subjects are so important to our future, to our economy, to national security around the world. i think...

What is in it for him? he certainly doesnt seem to be part of the vanity project weve seen from other billionaires. >> ever since spacex started, i dont think it is a goal lots of people would identify with. he is determined to make a colony on mars for humans and machines and this is his lifes goal. he is dedicated to it. obviously hes afraid something happen to the rockets and him that mission wont take place. i think when we finally see elon go to space, he said he wants to die on mars. >> we...

Live, work and drive on the moon or mars. although this vehicle may also pave the way for smarter cars in smarter cities back down here on earth, where i have to say, parking may be one of the coolest things you get to do. no way! come on, man. but before we start driving around celestial bodies, we need to get there first. in the days of the moon landings, only two competing countries were locked in battle, driving space exploration forward. now, in the race back to space, the power�*s shifti...

Countries were locked in battle, driving space exploration forward. now, in the race back to space, the power�*s shifting. chinas change—li probe was the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon. and europe, india and japan are all pushing forward with their own space programs. back in the us, nasa plans to get back to the moon by 2024, but now it has competition from private individuals — an idea that would have been laughable 50 years ago. rival billionaires elon musk, founde...

SiriusXM has ordered another Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite from Maxar Technologies, after the SXM-9 satellite order announced earlier this month. SXM-10, a high-powered digital audio radio satellite, will be built on Maxar’s 1300-class platform.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Maxar did not

Exploration forward. now, in the race back to space, the power�*s shifting. chinas change—li probe was the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon. and europe, india and japan are all pushing forward with their own space programs. back in the us, nasa plans to get back to the moon by 2024, but now it has competition from private individuals — an idea that would have been laughable 50 years ago. rival billionaires elon musk, founder of spacex, and jeff bezos, who owns blue orig...