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All small things have that characteristic that theyre not obvious how theyre going to work out. but thats what exploration is. >> do you have "mom" written on your hand? >> yes, we do. hes got hi written on his. its almost washed off now, but when we were up in zero g, yeah -- it will say wow like this. but thats because i flipped upside down. when we were in zero g. and i put my hand -- there. it was like this. and we got that photo. >> we rehearsed it a few times. >> rehearsing that on earth i...

Characteristic theyre not obvious how theyre going to work out, thats what exploration is. >> do you have mom written on your hand? >> yes, we do. hes got hi written on his. its almost washed now. when we were. thats because i flipped upside down and when we were in zero g and i put my hand there, so it was like this. and we got that photo. we werent sure. >> we rehearsed it a few times. >> rehearsing that on earth is so challenging. >> its nice to know youre still a mamas boy. congratulations. ...

We knew what sound to expect, but that sort of jump as the springs released, and then, you know, just the experience zero-g it was remarkable. >> when you were all sitting there together before you entered the capsule, what did you talk about? i mean theres danger, a million things must be going around in your mind. >> wally kept asking whats taking so long. thats when you get to be wally, youre impatient. were talking about it shes like theres a six minute delay, why, whats going on. so that wa...

Youre smart guys, surely you could use your brains to do something a little more practical, but thats what exploration is. its a kind of wandering. and all research and development and all small things have that characteristic theyre not obvious how theyre going to work out, thats what exploration is. >> do you have mom written on your hand? >> yes, we do. hes got hi written on his. its almost washed now. when we were. thats because i flipped upside down and when we were in zero g and i put my h...

Andreas, going to their nonprofit of choice. no strings attached he says. d $100 million going to van jones and chef jose andreas. victor and alisyn. >> it was wonderful to watch. >> that was a wonderful surprise, even to van jones. >> i was watching and said, why is van jones there. i turned up the volume and $100 million. >> it is like, what! >> congratulations to van and all of the charities that will benefit. rachel crane, thanks so much. so cnns anderson cooper caught up with bezos and hi...

Doing research on what we call bio synthesis of food. we use some seed that we start things with and the next thing know you have a t bone stake. so im excited about that. >> as i said, i talked to jeff bezos just for a minute or two, a few minutes ago along with his brother mark. here is what he said. >> how was it? >> amazing. >> when you landed, you said best day ever. >> best day ever. and i couldnt pick a best part. could you pick a best part? i dont have the talent to put into words what w...

God! my expectations were high and they were dramatically exceeded. we were talking about this a little bit in the car ride on the way back. and i dont know, the zero-g piece may have been one of the biggest surprises because it felt so normal. it felt like -- almost like we were as humans evolved to be in that environment. it felt serene and peaceful and floating and much nicer than being in gravity. it is -- the most profound piece of it for me was looking out at the earth and looking at the e...

>> bill: that was incredible. >> it was inbelievable. wally, it was incredible. i was surprised at how easy zero-g was. it felt like -- it -- it was weird. actually feels good. it felt -- >> bill: i mean, what do you say? what do you say? >> sandra: im speechless. there is an 18-year-old in

It felt remarkably natural to be in a moment of weightlessness. your take away from that in what you saw in this flight. >> congratulations to all of them. i think it is a significant milestone. it is funny, zero g is not really natural. you start to get space adaptation syndrome. for me, one of the coolest things, land first stage on earth to reuse it again. i am jealous. they went to the place i would love to go back and at least the bezos brothers and i have the same hair. >> good point. were...

All of us. >> bill: blue origin takes the name because bezos saw the blue planet as being so significant in our solar system and this is the original. >> the only one with water -- habital water. >> bill: when you find that water you bring it back. >> sandra: nasa has sent out a tweet congratulations to the blue origin team. we look forward to future flights with researchers and nasa supported technology and payloads aboard. right now i cant wait to hear from bezos himself. his description of wh...