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And rick were very professional and they got it down so we'll fix it up tomorrow. >> what do you think is the future for america's space program now with the shuttle program ending and of course the president canceled the next program. >> it's time to look back and reflect about the great things the space shuttle has brought us over the last 25 years. i think we're going places. we're doing a lot of interesting stuff up here. it's great to be here as well. i'm hopeful for the future. i think the leadership and the folks who make policy decisions will do the right thing and we'll be able to get...

New generation of spacecraft potentially costing nasa jobs. the senator joins us from capitol hill. great to have you. you met with the president yesterday, talked about nasa's future. i know you've been talking about several things including another shuttle flight. did you make progress? >> yes, because the president is a space fan. the president realizes that only the president can lead the nation's human space program. he is scheduled a speech at kennedy space center in the middle of april and i think he's going to lay out a very visionary program. i suspect that what he will say is we're g...

Nasa's shuttle program is scheduled to fly one more mission before the fleet is retired this year, but could the deadline be extended? cnn's john zarrella has been looking into the story for us. john, how serious is this talk that maybe it could be extended into 2011, let's say? >> well, wolf, you know, right now the current plan is for the shuttle fleet to be retired in september with the launch of the shuttle "discovery," but multiple sources at the u.s. space agency, nasa, have told ple that they are looking into the feasibility of extending, adding one more shuttle flight that would happen...

Components. there is a tang down in louisiana damaged in 2005 during hurricane katrina. they are currently getting that ready as a launch on need tank, and use that. out in prommintory, utah, the manufacturers of the solid rocket boosters are also preparing additional boosters for that launch on need, so that the boosters and the external tank and the shuttle rather than being the launch on need vehicle would be that next launch, that fifth shuttle flight coming up in 2011 if nasa decides and the president decides to go that way. wolf? >> and so, the other broader question is, why do it? >> we...

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