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There is a lot of ill feeling toward the president in the central florida and orlando area, the kennedy space center area, because of the fact that he did cut the moon program, he cut the constellation program that president bush had and he is talking about reaching an asteroid or mars in 2030 which given the fact that if he win as second term he would be gone by 2016 seems a reach and he is talking about commercial space projects in the intervening years. interestingly, congresswoman gabrielle giffords from arizona who he may or may not meet with, the wife of the shuttle astronaut mark kelly,...

Aspirational american, but i think the current moon program is overbloated and way behind schedule, to cut that out of our nasa budget is a good thing. >> i'm born and raised in houston. that's the home of johnson space center, the home of nasa. i appreciate what nasa has done. they have this battle going on. neil armstrong, very critical, the one who made that particular comment, but then you have buzz aldrin who is saying i support the president. i do believe we need a strong space program, but this is an interesting partnership. some private exploration, in terms of rockets and public. pret...

Jon: obviously, you were part of america's successful moon program, apollo, back in the '60s and '70s, part of that apollo 13 crew that had that enormous problem in space and was able to the overcome it and get back to earth safely. you know the feeling among some americans. we've been there to the moon, been there, done that. maybe, they say, this is a program that could go by the boards. >> well, i don't think they understand the real value of the, of the program and the sort of the other aspects. for instance, the program was never designed to be a spur to education, but it has really cause...

Now after spending more than $9 billion on plans to return to the moon, nasa is putting that dream back on the shelf. president obama wants to boost nasa's budget, he says, but none of the money would go to a moon mission. instead, he wants the money spent on developing new technology. so let's talk about it with that astronaut you saw bouncing around there, gene cernon, the final astronaut to walk on the moon. takes you back, doesn't t. watching those pictures? >> yes, sure does. you had to have a little fun while you were there, jon. jon: i'm sure it was fun. i'm certainly envious, a lot of ...

Doctor wages may not be worth hard work and studying and not the cost of the medical school. >> i am gabby and i am six years old and when i grow up. i want to be a astronaut. >> gabby, i wanted to be a astronaut and that is a popular career choice for youngsters. how cool would it be to fly a rock ship in space. but the obama administration has greatly reduced funds to nasa and shutting down the space shuttle program with the last shuttle mission conducted soon and no plans to restart the moon program, and so astronaut, well, might not be the best career choice for gabby. >> i am ryan and ime...