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Time considering what's going on in the country and where we are with the space program? >> i was disappointed. i think it's important for the country to declare that we are going to explore with humans beyond the space station. that could be the moon, it could be the nearby asteroids where we know valuable resources are located and it could, eventually mars. but we work towards that gradually. that was missing from the president's budget. to be fair, nasa did get a budget increase from the president in his proposal. but it's not the $3 billion that the president's own commission called for la...

In the gi bill, how is that working out for the gis? >> they are robust and they are really solid. you know, the president deserves a lot of credit for pushing for that guy. bill and secretary shin sec ski trying to make it smoother at the va. i was testifying today on the house side about the new budget increase which is the largest one in a long time it is about a 15% increase so money's there and it is a strong sign. we have to make sure they are doing a better job:doing customer service for the veterans calling and going to the websites. >> the number of veterans coming back and coming int...

And beyond. we just can't spend it. >> we do have a small budget increase for nasa. what we are saying is let's redirect that to longer range and advanced robotics, research and development and find those new technologies that will allow us to go further in space and not just repeat what we have already done. >> let's turn to the chief astronomer for the institute in philadelphia. welcome back. the last time you were here, we talked about the lava tube on the moon that would be perfect for colonization. the white house didn't see that? >> they didn't see the price tag. they were in trouble fro...

We can't just spend infinity and beyond. >> we actually do have a small budget increase for nasa. what we're saying is, let's redirect that towards longer-range r&d, advanced robotics, research and development, and find those new technologies that will actually allow us to go further in space and not just repeat what we've already done. >> let's turn to the chief astronomer for the franklin institute in philadelphia, derek pitts. derek, welcome back. >> hi, keith. >> the last time you were here, we talked about this lava tube on the moon that would be perfect for colonization. e the white hous...

Americans will finally explore infinity and beyond, we just can't spend infinity and beyond. >> we actually do have a small budget increase for nasa. what we're saying is, let's redirect that towards longer-range r&d, advanced robotics, research and development, and find those new technologies that will actually allow us to go further in space and not just repeat what we've already done. >> let's turn to the chief astronomer for the franklin institute in philadelphia, derek pitts. derek, welcome back. >> hi, keith. >> the last time you were here, we talked about this lava tube on the moon that...