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And this is for real. And The Vehicle its venting, its creaking. Its like its alive. You just cant believe in a couple hours youre gonna be inside this thing, blasting off into space. For me, if there was any apprehension, it was then, i mean, but you cant say, no, i dont think i want to do this. [ chuckles ] you know . Youre pretty much youre going. How do you do . Good to see you. Thank you. Good to see you. Thank you. Doc. The Astronaut Support personnel the final folks to speak to them and the crew thats strapping them in to The Vehicle. Here we go. And the Nasa Test director, jeff spauldi...

Successful test, a big step forward providing astronaut support to the space station with american companies in about five years. jon: right now we're paying the russians $60 million a seat to take a astronaut up there? >> yes. our good partners on the space station and our good capitalists as well. somewhere between 55 and 60 million now. it will rise to 63 around 2015. so it is important for nasa to get out from under the russian dependence. jon: again, sort of this better, cheaper, smarter attitude that has been sort of the watchword at nasa by partnering with this private company and reall...