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Today im talking with William Burroughs about his work the asteroid threat. I guess i would characterize it as the story of how astronomers, scientists, engineers might someday save the world and how would you characterize the . Guest i think you did very well. I would characterize it by saying my point is that we dont have to be the hapless hopeless victims of nature. My friends at nasa and elsewhere in the Space Community say that they would have to Dinosaur Program and still be here. We have the wherewithal in the book the most important point of the book is that it explains and comes out w...

Characterize your book . Guest i think you did it very well. I would characterize it by saying my point is that we dont have to be the hapless helpless victims of nature. My friends at nasa and elsewhere in the Space Community like to say if the dinosaurs had a Space Program they would still be here. We have the wherewithal to save ourselves and the book though its an important part of the book is that explains that and comes out with a plan and they plan was not invented by me. It is universally accepted within the community. Host its my impression it leaves you are advocating spending quite ...

Hes extremely concerned about the issues behind the demonstrations but like jackson, he is keeping a close eye on the methods. Im proud of people rising up but im not proud that they destroying the city because of it. Reporter what do you think they should do . Peaceful protests. Dont destroy things. Dont loot peoples very hard earned businesses. Reporter with the City Council Meeting here canceled for tonight, its not clear what if any demonstrations there will be. City leaders hope whatever it is, it stays peaceful and they hope to get a bit of relief tomorrow night from all the demonstratio...

Aerospace safety advisory 2013, they recommended for that competition be maintained until safety is achieved. With these dealing safety considerations . If we are going keep the process open for competition, how do you inject safety . We put the competition in and write contracts that allow us to get into the facilities and levy additional regulations if necessary. We are confident right now. We just went through a contract process. It involves commercial crew capabilities. It is a contract that has allowed us to work with companies. We asked them to demonstrate how they will meet our safety s...

If i can get the chart up because it would be helpful. In order to get to mars, there are things we dont have. We do not have sufficient propulsion to take cargo there. To usenot want to have your crew vehicle to get cargo there. It would take multiple sls missions. We need increased capability and Something Like solar propulsion. We need to be able to test it. Our proving ground is the earth moon system, where we intend to take the asteroid so we can interact with it. We can fly orion there. We can develop procedures for proximity operations things we cannot do in lower orbit because that sys...