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They found for the First Time Ever that life might have existed, could have existed on mars. And my goal in this was the kind of embedded myself with the jet Propulsion Lab commented for about a year and a half and really kind of watched up close what they were doing, and learning the ins and outs of it all. Seeing what you saw, is nasa money well spent in your view . Is it a good investment for the u. S. . Boy, i sure think so. It felt like an honor to be spending time with these folks, brilliant, often buried in the bold and eager to explain to the public what they are doing. And when you think about it, there are many things that this nation does. Probably the thing it does best is go to mars. There have been six successful landing on mars, and all of them were by nasa. Its not just coincidence but they are like incredible sophisticated, and have laughter everyone else. Laughed. That doesnt mean they dont cooperate. Our International Agencies that work with them but it really is nasa. Mighty is this is kind of what a National Government is all about, to reach for bigger and Better Things to inspire folks, and thats what going to mars is about. Theres a beautiful pictures in your. Where did you get them . Many of them, most of them were from nasa itself. They were taken either by the mars rover, curiosity, or by there are several orbiting satellites that take pictures, and they put kind of a color into them and you can then see features of mars that we have never seen before. Im not sure the public has fully understood what it is that nasa and others have done at mars. We now have a lot of orbiting satellites and a number of rovers, and its a whole new world. There was a comment that came close by to mars just a few weeks ago, and given been just a little bit closer it would have been a huge, huge problem for nasa and all these other things. In other words, civilization. With assets up there that are worth a gazillion dollars, and we almost lost them. Fortunately, we didnt do, that it was that kind of understanding that this is a whole new era that we are in. A lot of people think that nasa and the space effort is kind of over, nothing could be further from the truth. Mars up close is the name of the book. Marc kaufman is the author. The forward is by elon musk, founder and ceo of space expert you are watching booktv on cspan2. Heres a look at some of the best selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times. Professor gray, are we being studied and researched when we go online . Guest yes. [laughter] simple answer, yes. In the sense that any company that is tryi