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One way to look at it, apollo 13 with the event that it had. I believe that was around 84 hours. We had to keep the crew alive for 84 hours. So we had life support systems, if youre going to go to mars that have to work for months, possibly over a year, depending on how long it takes you to get there and how long you stay. We have to take the steps to get that in place. Its going to take some time to get a reliable system in place. We can land a metric ton on the surface of mars, thats all we know how to do. Thats about the size of a mini cooper car. If were going to explore mars, it needs to ...

I will not argue that point. There are a thousand different ways to do what we want to do. I was taught as a second lieutenant, make a decision because if you do not, the troops will not follow you anywhere and they will leave you at the starting line. We made a decision, some people in this room do not like it, but we are on our way and you can either go with us or figure out how to start all over again. Everybody knows what happens when you start all over again. We are farther down this road than we have been in a long, long, long time. If you do not want to admit that, i cannot help you. If...

But first lets jump into some of the Biggest Senate races today. Good afternoon. I am krystal ball. As we come on the air, some 90 Million People are voting in what our team has characterized at the longest, most expensive, most talked out Midterm Election cycle in our history. Nbcs luke russert has managed to escape from capitol hill. Hes in west des moines, iowa. Luke, Senate Candidate republican Senate Candidate there joni ernst, one of the republicans top recruit this is cycle, what do you think is happening there today in the Hawkeye State . Reporter well, joni ernst is coming into electi...

>> pelley: good evening. today for the last time america reached for the heavens with its space shuttle. "atlantis," the last in the fleet, roared aloft on a tower of flame, the 135th shuttle launch over 30 years, an ending to what is perhaps the greatest engineering achievement of all time. but this day was bittersweet because many people who shared in that achievement and depended on the shuttle for their livelihood will soon be out of work in the toughest job market in decades. these are the numbers that brought the country back down to earth today. the labor department reported t...

lost their jobs. after three months in which the economy looked strong, averaging more than 200,000 job gains, in may and june, it just flatlined. >> businesses just froze. they're not laying off workers, but they have stopped hiring. >> reporter: economist mark zandi believes higher gas prices stalled out an economy still trying to get back to full speed. >> the size of the economy is actually bigger than it was before the recession hit, however, we are lucky if we got a quarter of the jobs back. >> reporter: economist lakshman achuthan sees a fundamental shift in the economy that a...