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The space shuttle program was coming to an end. a lot of people had hoped that perhaps the president would extend the shuttle program and add another flight or two, not to say he couldnt come here today and make that announcement and even that would still be ending the program, but people were banking on the constellation program, the building of the aries rocket. the heavy lift rocket that would then take astronauts beyond low-earth orbit. when constellation was killed and all of those hopes fo...

Thats where nasa really ought to be. so his program is really taking this program as we know it into a different realm, a step further, and the aldrin-side guys are right about this. >> the heavy lift idea, to the point of the heavy lift rocket, the nasa veteran chris craft told the ap, we need a heavy lift rocket like we need a hole in the head. is craft right or is that how we get to mars with heavy lifting? >> i have great respect for chris craft. unfortunately, the fact is if we want to buil...

And in todays "decision 2010," is floridas charlie crist about to tap into his independent streak? the rumor mill is heating up over a possible jump from the republican party. first, washingtonspeak coming from nasa today from outer space. sts. thats space speak for space transportation system. the original name for the space shuttle program. and sts is part of all the shuttle mission name, too, but you already knew that, right, chuck? youre a big space geek. >> ground control to mexico city. ...

Downrange. >> and we also remember the dangers and the sacrifices apollo 1, the "challenger" and "columbia." those are all memories burned into our collective memories. the pages of nasas past. today, president obama unveils the future and the new focus. a lot of people wondering where it fits in. cnns john zarrella is there live. president obama will be there to talk about the future of the space program. and theres been a lot of criticism. >> reporter: yeah, there sure has, kyra. what youre sa...

Smoke detectors, memory foam, the dust buster, which came about because astronauts need ood small drill to extract core samples on the moon. in the medical field nasa helped improve mri scanning, better systems for detecting breast cancer and infrared thermometers. nasa is also credited with helping to create hundreds of other products and technologies from self-riding life rafts to the speedo swimsuit that helped michael phelps break the kind of records in the 2008 summer games. nasa cant rest ...

To leave. in just about 30 minutes president obama will leave for florida. the presidents remarks according to the white house have been revised to say the plan will actually create jobs which has been one of the criticisms even before weve all heard the presidents speech. nbcs tom kos sell lcostello is the kennedy space center. you have been great in pointing out there have been many levels of conversation, the workers, the constellation program, whatever it is, the president has a tough sell...

The space shuttle program, and i also disagree with the statements about the space station itself. we have not had the opportunity to really use the space station the way it was intended. just now is it being manned with six astronauts. up until now we didnt have the manpower up there to even do the science that it promises. now with the extension until 2020 we may -- we certainly will have the opportunity to get out of the space station what we had hoped to get out of it from the beginning. i d...

And by that i mean allowing nasa to pursue the high frontier. you know, this idea of going to an asteroid and then going on to the moons of mars and then on to mars itself. thats where nasa really ought to be. so his program is really taking this program as we know it into a different realm, a step further, and the aldrin-side guys are right about this. >> the heavy lift idea, to the point of the heavy lift rocket, the nasa veteran chris craft told the ap, we need a heavy lift rocket like we nee...

Allowed to do the heavy lifting. and by that i mean allowing nasa to pursue the high front tier. you know, this idea of going to an asteroid and then going on to the moons of mars and then on to mars itself. so his program is really taking this program as we know it into a different realm, a step further, and the aldrin-side guys are right about this. >> the heavy lift idea, to the point of the heavy lift rocket, chris craft told the ap, we need a heavy lift rocket like we need a hole in the hea...

Talking about. taxes. i happen to think bald is beautiful, no surprise there. but there is something surprising in the development of hair growth research and it involves something that i suspect i might be missing, a gene. all right, the future of the space program here in america is up for grabs. weve been talking about this for months. as of next year, nasa will no longer be using the iconic space shut toll gtle to get people in space. the 2011 budget sent down by president obama. the presi...