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Take a look at. this it is a grainy black and white image, and this is pretty fascinating stuff. but, you know, you take a look sort of the before and after and see how far we have advanced, wolf, in a relatively short period of time. >> it is high definition right now and one day we will have it in 3-d but the space shuttle program is ending, so when is the last launch? >> well, the u.s. space program is in a moment of transformation, and the space shuttle program is coming to an end this year after the columbia shuttle accident that president bush decided to end the program, because the shut...

Florida concern is how soon the space jobs may come because of the thousand of nasa lay offs that are coming and have already begun pay an average of $77,000 a year. the real negative impact to the areas surrounding kennedy space center will be approaching a billion dollars. >> ignition and liftoff of shuttle endeavour. >> monday's spectacular launch of endeavour temporarily allowed the thousands of nasa employees to forget about their far from spectacular future. most like ken tower preparing resumes, preparing to lose their jobs. >> very sad moment for everybody out here. it's just the unkno...

War critic, critic of the iraq war died at the age of 77. >> liftoff of schultz "endeavour," nasa's final space station. >> the shuttle "endeavour" on its way to international space station. predawn liftoff probably the last ever nighttime launch for the program. they should reach the space station on wednesday. they will install a new room and observation deck when they arrive. only four more shuttle missions remain. president obama has proposed a five-year extension of the international space station operations with a $6 billion increase in spending for things like biomedical research and ...

Constellation project. we heard president obama talking about his budget and ending the constellation program that called for the return to the moon by 2020. what is your reaction to that? >> well, you know, it was a surprise to the entire program being canceled. and it wasn't in the proposed budget that he leased monday last week. there was some writing on the walls from his independent panel from last year that there would be major changes, but the announcement last week sent a lot of the agency, the workers and folks in congress in shock and some are upset. >> well, we heard a lot from cong...

The leader. wildcats' happened -- what's happened. in. >> for at least the last three president there's has been an indifference to nasa and the indifference and lack of a goal for the space agency led to the columbia accident seven years ago last week. president bush put a goal for space but didn't support it with funding and that led to delays and increases in the costs of the canceled constellation program. i think the president should have stepped forward with a new management plan for that program and rejuvenated nasa rather than scaled back. >> some with say with the economic problems an...