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New hope and new pressure to perform work on the soyuz spacecraft was accelerated it was a central component of the moon landing. docking training continued in the simulator . but then came the launch order even though the new spacecraft wasn't fully ready . leadin me a come out off on his way to his soyuz spacecraft just 3 months after the apollo one accident come out off was to be launched into space his companions tried to cheer him up but despite the fact that all 3 unmanned test flights had failed before he was making a manned flight with the new spaceship carl yoffe had always stipulated...

President. >> president trump's power to launch a nuclear weapon acknowledged by the top nuclear commander, general john spoke over the weekend at an international security forum spelling out how he would respond to a hypothetical launch order. >> i provide advice to the president. he tells me what to do. if it's illegal, guess what's going to happen? >> you say no. >> i'm going to say it's illegal. he's going to say wharks will be legal. we'll come up with a way to respond to whatever the situation is. that's the way it works. >> the remarks follow a hearing on the president's authority to la...

>> today you have a system so finally tuned that from the moment the president gives a launch order the first nuclear missiles would leave their silos just four minutes later. >> president trump always has a military aide by his side. carrying launch codes, communications equipment. former aides told cnn they had to undergo rigorous psychiatric and emotional screening as does everyone else in the nuclear chain of command. everyone except the commander in chief. >> there's nothing in the system meant to check whether the president is crazy, is drunk, is high or whether there is any even valid j...

Theoretical when you consider north korea if he wanted to launch a strike, how would this work? can he union lottery do this? can he act unilaterally? >> not only can he, it's the way that the system is supposed to work. this is a cold war system that was designed to respond to having tens of thousands of nuclear weapons between the soviet union and the united states on a hair trigger alert. so speed was of the essence and we have spent literally billions of dollars over decades stripping away anything that could possibly slow down a presidential launch order. so from the moment that he gives ...

Considering north korea. if you wanted to launch a strike how can this work? can he act union laterally when launching a strike? >> not only can he, he's actually the way the system is suppose to work. this was a cold war system that was designed to respond to having tens of thousands of nuclear weapons between the soviet union and the united states. so speed was of the essence. we have spent literally billions of dollars over decades strips away anything that could possibly slow down a presidential launch order. so, from the moment he gives that order there is no second voice in the system. t...