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The times have changed and today america depends on the russian for space travel. unlike america's heroic space efforts back then nasa now extending a nearly half billion contract to russia to ferry u.s. astronauts to the international space station. nasa says congress just won't supply the funding. what will it take to reignite the excitement of the "apollo" moon shot? joining me now is the last man to set foot on the moon captain gene cernan the author of the book "last author of the book last man on to moon. it's great to have you on the program again, sir. thanks for joining us. >> it's my...

Against me go ahead, the alternative you offer us is flat-out war with iran. but i do think the democrats are going to save him and sustain his veto in the end. >> very interesting. and we will be looking forward to seeing how this all unfolds with you predicting that this is going to be very very dramatic as we near september. thank you very much. great to see you as always sir. >> good seeing you, uma. >> all the best to you. >> right. well america's space program once a shining example to the rest of the world but those days seem like long ago when you talk about manned space travel. so h...

Gene cernen commanded that mission. he was the last astronaut on the moon. so everybody thought, well we'll be back going into deep space before that. but it's been four decades. they're trying to get back in. they got the approval of the program. they're building a huge issue rocket that will be ready to go in 2013. eventually the largest rocket they ever built. even bigger than the saturn 5 that went to the moon. but they need this to go in increments to deep space. to go back to the moon beyond the moon, to investigate asteroids, jose and eventually they can go to other places within the so...

Shooter's shooting 48 hours later in dallas, after the somber funeral march and the silent heads of state, jfk quietly laid to rest in arlington cemetery. a beacon for many gone. perhaps the space program's biggest booster silenced. kennedy would not live to see his once deemed impossible dream come true. a man landing on the moon. just as he would not see the unwinding of that space program itself soon afterward. gene cernen remembers how things changed very quickly after jfk left the scene. the last man to walk the moon, the commander of "apollo 17" with us now. he was the inspiration for sp...

Top commander violates a u.n. travel ban to meet with russian leaders about buying weapons. that move sure to cause some strain on the iran nuke deal as a pair of top democrats say they will not vote for the deal. we have former senior white house advisers to three presidents pat buken. and plus 46 years after man first landed on the moon nasa blasting congress for pinching pennies. space pioneer, gene cernen on what it means for the future of space exploration. hello, everybody, well republican candidates for president working hard to break away from the pack and impress the voters who wi...