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Need immediate assistance. houston, do you read? >> houston, come in houston. >> houston, come in. we're flying blind, houston. houston, we need you desperately. please. somebody. >> hello? >> this is dr. janet stone. we've become detached from the hubble telescope. >> this is awkward, but the government has shut down. >> anyway, the space buffs may be interested to know that today marks the 45th anniversary of the very first live television transmission from a manned spacecraft. it was apollo 7. it was a test mission in '68. next up, i was on "realtime with bill maher" and i pushed back at ...

Program. they had a goal to land on the moon by the end of the decade of the 60s. >> apollo 2 or 3, apollo 4, 5 and 6 were undamaged to test the sa safety of the probabling et. took two years before any went into orbit. apollo 7, 1968. the space program was back but the slow re-entry wasn't going to be enough to meet the deadline and beat the soviets. it would require a daring and dramatic change of plan. >> nasa rolls the dice betting everything on number 8. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends again...

1970s. when i say that, i'm talking about the funding. in spite of that, they developed the world's most amazing flying machine, the shuttle, which we've still got this flight to return and then one more next month. but in spite of that, in spite of the budgets, they managed to get that far. but eventually you run out of it. going into space is never going to be inexpensive and the public needs to face up to that. >> uma: when you piloted apollo 7, it was a real test of courage because the system was so delicate and so much was at stake. give us a sense of that excitement back then on your mis...

Apollo mission. apollo 7 itself, there is a lot of ways people can find the details. but in my opinion, it was not only the longest, it was the most ambitious and probably the most successful first test flight of any new machine ever. >> uma: it was quite a moment then. i know that you're concerned about the future, as are other astronauts. really quickly, do you think we can count on commercialized flying in the future? >> it's a little bit difficult. we have to go someplace because the president's message last year basically says move nasa out of the operational space flight business. they'd...

Steps on the surface of the moon on this day in 1969. the apollo 11 moon shot would never have been possible had it not been for the earlier heroics for men like john glenn. john glenn flew apollo 7 on the first-ever manned apollo mission. the future of the u.s. space program is up in the air, and sir, it's great to see you, great to talk to you again. the president says the country really can't afford to do it, so what came of your meeting with him. >> he's devoted to a strong space program. he says that and i certainly believe him, our differences are just on how we get there. i don't want t...