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they were being too fickle. for us to question every element, no, were not doing that. >> she made a great point that when she was a republican she did not see that. they did fall in line more, she said. they showed up and they just voted for an r. democrats, you know, dissect and analyze. >> theres a color coded chart of where you fit. >> a flow chart and figure how it can be better. tomorrow when you tune in, youre going to hear who they would like to run in 2024 instead of joe biden...

The first nongovernmental organization to launch a reusable crude craft into sub orbital space twice within two weeks. many tried and failed. in 2004, this ship, the tier 1 project, made those two trips on a craft called "space ship 1." one of the sponsors was richard branson with a decades long interest in space. that same year he founded virgin galactic and pledged to bring ordinary people to space. at the time for as little as $200,000 per seat. branson believed virgin galactic could spur a g...

Space ship richard bransons own mother "eve." there is that massive wing between the fuselages. that is where the "unity" space ship sits locked underneath the wing. as you said, they climb to 50,000 feet, release and fire the rocket. its going to take a bit to get those guys strapped in, reich ardern branson, two pilots and the three other passengers. all of them are virgin employees, virgin galactic employees. this is, as you mention, a dream of his for so long. and i had an exclusive intervie...

Then on october 31st, 2014, virgin galactics "vss enterprise" the first iteration of "space ship 2" crashed during a test flight killing one pilot and badly injuring the other. those space ian ears will not be forgotten. their sacrifice is in large part what brings us to this point in time. as we await the first fully crewed launch of the civilian space kraft there is a lot more at stake than the shooting of a billionaire and his crew to the edge of space. todays mission to reinvigorate american...

>> this moment is true proof of concept. watching this, i think of the small team of 30 people in the mohave desert building this space ship out of basically carbon fiber and epoxy. and this brave crew, you know, the test pilots who are white knuckling it to the start of space. they went to the line 62 miles up and white knuckling it back and the whole ingenious feather component of the spaceship that is being used today. expanded, adapted, advanced but right there. so this is proof of concept. ...

Moment. and everything is going to go great. it is also a validation to see richard branson who had dreamed of this for all of his life taking this flight today. its really exciting and a great validation of the best of the human spirit in terms of bravery and technological innovation. it is >> i want to just pop in to tom costello. he might be in front much a camera right now to tell us whats going on. we are seeing a great deal of activity at space port america at the galactic parliament of it...

Captivating people. and spacex, you know, has been captivating people. just as, you know, elon musk was inspired by peter diamande and the x prize, just as richard branson was inspired by the apollo 11 landing, even going back decades earlier, peter deamandes was inspired by charles linde burg flying from new york to paris. there will be a continuation of inspiration that happens from this day forward. we see it happening and its thrilling. >> yeah, it is. and its going to be, its going to be so...

To charge his electric car. what? can he really be arrested for that? were on the case. >> but first, do you dream of traveling through space but cannot afford a ticket? well, this could be your next best thing. a space training center is taking would-be astronauts on the ride of their lives in this technovations. >> tourists could blast off into space as early as next year on virgin galactics space ship 2. until then, future astronauts can train for the rigors of space on earth. >> its the real...