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Since the space shuttle retired in 2011. demo mission one is scheduled in early january. it wont carry a crew but will launch the dragon spacecraft to dock to the iss. it will be a full test without a crew on board. later or a few months after that, theyll test their launch abort system on a live test, on a rocket. if all goes well, hopefully later in the year, well see the first nasa astronaut as board both of those spacecraft. >> that would be really cool to see. >> no doubt. leroy chiao, than...

What is this? the budget? >> yeah. well get to the space stuff in just a moment. this is a $4.4 trillion spending plan. lets begin with the cuts. medicaid and medicare. $250 billion for medicaid over ten years. cuts to the food stamp program. $214 billion over ten years. the epa, this will get some tongues wagging. $208 billion in cuts. a 34% cut. by the way, virtually eliminates all climate change related programs. lets take a look at the boosts. defense spending. heard a lot about this of the ...

Government shutdown by friday. >> we was a black hole for the first time ever in 2018. astronomers expect to see the silhouette of a disc of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy, burning against the background of superheated plasma. they are using inner thighs telescope to catch the glimpse 26,000 light years away. rob: i cant get enough of this space stuff. not quite as high up in the sky as a black hole. >> no black hole listens today but temperatures warm in the northeast, as ...

Nations capitol. prince harry in town to attend events in support of the invictus games held in orlando next year. later this morning hell meet with wounded service men and women along with first lady michelle obama and dr. jill biden. hell wrap up the visit by meeting with president obama at the white house. live pictures from boulder, colorado, and the stage from tonights presidential gop debate. thats not a live picture. thats a live picture. not really. those are still pictures. but there ...

I think if you can do that, why cant you do something a little more helpful like guide the asteroid into robin thickes home? you know what im saying? >> or maybe into the home of isis. >> or the home of isis, exactly. >> that is a great idea. >> why are we wasting money on this? we should be using billions of nasa to defeat hillary clinton. come on. >> do you agree waste of money or worth while endeavor. i have a theory, but i wul hold off. >> i am not into the space stuff. a project called aste...

Is like bullets and guns in the hands of cops, theyre great. in the hands of shiite muslims taking over malls,bad. i dont know that it is inherently good or inherently bad. it just is, like any technology thats ever come before it. >> is it more powerful than other things that have come before? see, my the theory is younger children -- and we talked about the terrible suicide of the 13-year-old florida girl. they have now control of the machines. they have the machines, even if the parents try t...

Is like bullets and guns in the hands of cops, theyre great. in the hands of shiite muslims taking over malls, they are bad. i dont know that it is inherently good or inherently bad. it just is, like any technology thats ever come before it. >> is it more powerful than other things that have come before? see, my the theory is younger children -- and we talked about the terrible suicide of the 13-year-old florida girl. they have now control of the machines. they have the machines, even if the par...

Know if you know the product. its a great product. i do eat it. i have fayi. but i am a cho baa any fan. thats probably some of the growing pains they have to grow through. now richard branson, we have the nasa-related space stuff. richard branson wants to bring space tourism to everybody. there was a breakthrough yesterday. >> a giant step for ambitions for commercial space travel by next year. nay they managed to achieve supersonic speed for the second time this year from the spaceship. this w...

But dont worry, because in this case, nasa has a solution. not nasa, its you. specifically the space agency hopes citizen scientists will help them locate the missing astroids so they can capture and deflect them. earths survival depends on what can be described as americas most wanted for space stuff. i know im going to sleep easier. if you have information about one of the missing astroids that could destroy life, nasa says please go to nasa.gov and reach out to them. now to tonights outer c...

Located 95% of the near earth astroids. so 5% are still out there waiting to hit us. but dont worry, because in this case, nasa has a solution. not nasa, its you. specifically the space agency hopes citizen scientists will help them locate the missing astroids so they can capture and deflect them. earths survival depends on what can be described as americas most wanted for space stuff. i know im going to sleep easier. if you have information about one of the missing astroids that could destroy l...