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Have not agreed on how to fund the spacecraft which could take the shuttle's place. >> eric: what are we going to do? the president has come under a lot of criticism, especially in florida and elsewhere for canceling the constellation program, the manned program to the moon. they say no, that they will increase nasa's budget and that we need to move to private space programs and more space research. do they have a point? >> i think it's a good move to move to commercial services for launching astronauts just to the space station. but it shouldn't be our only replacement or successor to the shu...

An asteroid by 2025, but we will get to deep space, which might be one of the gravity balance points called the legrange points, but this would be very exciting. very exciting. >> brian: bill, a lot of people look at what happened and including i'm talking prominent names in the space game -- chief among them neil armstrong, the first man to stand on the moon. they say we're not sure this is the right plan. they were disappointed that the constellation program was canceled. what say you to that? >> well, the constellation program was not going to get back to the -- constellation, everybody, wa...

They may have to wave off until tuesday and come in tuesday when the weather is better. but this morning i would like to report a little breaking news to you, alex. i was talking with florida se senior senator bill nelson, who is chairman of the subcommittee that oversees nasa. he will be putting out a press release stating how they have a plan to save more than 7,000 of the 8,000 to 9,000 jobs that they're going to lose with the cancellation of the constellation program and also the retirement of the shuttles. so that's really great news here where people have been very concerned about their ...

Now listen to the back and forth between senator jon kyl and liu yesterdayesterday. [ no audio ] >> sorry about that, brian. we don't have the sound. but kyl was questioning -- he said it's racially charged. the democrats actually rush to liu's defense, praising his writings and his record. dianne feinstein was one of the people who did praise him and defend him and said you're obviously very smart and very gifted. the senate judiciary committee has to schedule a vote on liu before it goes to the senate floor. he is one of several judges the democrats hope to push through before they take up t...

Nobody is more committed to manned space flight and human exflore ration of space than i am. >> brian: to eventually land on mars by 2025 or so, the president believes nasralla should begin to build technology and build orion space capsule and support space taxis. in the meantime, the astronauts will hitch expensive ride with the russians to the space station. the plan has its supporters like buzz aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon. he felt constellation program was too much been there, done that. >> i think going back to the moon and getting there 40, 50 years after we were there...