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>> the other specific in here, the constellation program, it was behind schedule, it was overbudget. was it right to essentially abandon it and does that mean we are going to give up hope for, say, the millennium for returning to the moon? >> i don't think so at all. if you look at the program, let's ask the american taxpayer what would they prefer. would they prefer that we throw dollars away, throw good money after bad in a program that really could be retrofitted to do better work for us? or is it better to cut it off now when you look at what the annual budget of the united states is anywa...

Into space. thanks so much for joining me. >> you're welcome. >> where do you stand on this debate? >> well, i think where we are right now is that we have a shuttle program that is retiring, but we have to have a robust space program. and that robust space program is really supported, empowered, by our research and development, by allowing nasa to do the kind of work that nasa does really well, which is to do -- develop new propulsion systems, to look at how do we move forward? so when i think about this, i'm on the side that president obama's plan is going to move us further. people are sayi...

Use the word undefined. everything in that budget is undefined. there is no focus. >> the white house says that the just cancelled constellation program was way behind schedule and was unworkable. they hope that their plan leaps past the moon on to the moons of mars and eventually to mars itself. many big names in the space game, shep, are asking questions. are these goals too loosely defined? are they too far in the future? and have, perhaps, we given our rivals the chance to become the dominant leaders in space. shep? >> shepard: brian wilson live in kennedy space center. thank you. the pres...

Subcontractor for the federal government, there's not a case model for the commercial rockets. >> did we lose you, congressman? >> no, i'm still here. >> i'm sorry. we had a little audio glitch there. let me ask you this, let's talk about the constellation program. obviously, it wasn't this president who ended the shuttle program and want to refocus, but the constellation program, you've got billions of dollars spent, many say was underfunded, wasn't feasible, and there needed to be some reassessment there. do you agree? >> i absolutely agree. see, initially there was supposed to be a three-ye...

Tough infrastructure in mission control, simulators, the training. it doesn't make sense to me. >> bret: president obama at the kennedy space center announcing increase in the nasa budget but also saying the constellation program in place will be canceled. to do that, that costs $2 billion. where are we in the space program? and what the president is talking about? we're back with the panel. charles? >> we are seeing the abolition of the manned space program. when neil armstrong speaks out, that is an event. the most self-afacing american hero in our history. he could have been lindbergh and h...