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First Scot in space is chief pilot for billionaire Richard Branson's rocket mission David Mackay and Michael Masucci will be taking the controls of VSS Unity with their boss Branson as passenger. Updated David Mackay is the chief pilot for the mission Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding...

Space station, i think it's a great model. it's the u.s., russia, canada and japan and other countries all cooperating. i think that these scientific programs, whether it's exploring space or other areas of science are great ways for us to find common ground between countries around the world and hopefully we can cooperate and explore together. >> neil: thanks, mike. great seeing you. thanks for your service. >> always a pleasure. >> neil: same here. all right. meantime here as he was wrapping up there, i want to bring your attention to a notice out of the department of justice. they're making...

And defeating radical islamic terrorism. importantly america will also stand with the cuban people in the long struggle for freedom. and i want to appreciate -- i tell you what, their support has been unbelievable. their support has been unbelievable. thank you. the cuban people, we know what we have to do and we'll do it so don't worry about it. the numbers -- the numbers have been incredible. in fact, they gave me just prior to the election the bay of pigs award and let me tell you, that was a great honor for me. so i want to thank the people, the cuban people. to be a strong nation, we must...

Path to actually get us exploring space again as well as using the space station. so i'm cautiously, guardedly optimistic about the new plan. >> roger, i promise i'll let you weigh in. we'll take a quick break and continue our discussion. we'll talk more about nasa's legacy and this bold, new path as mary ellen points out and some of the moments that we wished never happened, but we'll never forget. we're back in 60 seconds. [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better.