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>> shepard: there are holes in the sun. tiny scientists report they have spotted two enormous openings in the sun's super hot atmosphere. a japanese space craft apparently photographed them earlier this month. see that of? the holes are the dark areas can you see there not the light spots, the dark ones. one of them is that big area on the right there. and the other smaller one on the left. scientists say the temperature is cooler there. experts say the holes pose no threat to planet earth. could take decades of work and billions of dollars before humans can some day land on the surface of mar...

Casting. these views are the result of observations by two different space craft, the duo are die meat trickly opposed on on said sides of the sun 180 degrees apart. one is ahead of earth in its orbit and the other trailing behind. fascinating. all right, from the snacks to the jerseys, many of us are doing super spending ahead of the big game. how much some of you are willing to shell out next. çyówñy?4çóywño77zoóé?vçó ... i want to fix up old houses.

Robots, then make the competition worthwhile by ponying up sweet cash. that was how raymond ortig inspired trans atlantic aviation. he offered $25,000 to the first aviator who could fly nonstop from new york to paris. nine teams competed for the prize. charles lindbergh won the money in 1927. really, everybody won because suddenly commercial aviation became possible. decades later, the x-prize foundation is using the same model to jump-start innovation in everything from space travel to fuel efficient cars. in 1996 it offered $10 million to the first team to develop a manned space craft that c...

That chemical dispersant in the gulf. the big question is how much of that is going to stay in the environment and how long will it effect spawning grounds in the gulf of mexico. so many fishermen want to know those answers. they are waiting on the baited breath trying to find out exactly how their lively hoods will be affected by. this we do know there are scientists that worked on the exxon valdez spill. they have taken their expertise to the gulf to work on the efforts there. >> jon: it's going to be a mess for a long time. dan springer live in seattle, thank you. for the first time ever a ...

Earth. >> there is a bulletin from abc news. the apollo xii space craft. >> at the moment they're trying to isolate trouble. the space craft is now operating on battery power alone. >> shepard: in fact, the situation 200,000 miles away was desperate. >> looking out the -- we are emitting something. >> shepard: it was oxygen stream into the void. >> i would say this is a serious situation as we have ever had in man space flight. >> shepard: while the astronauts conserved supplies and improvised solutions, the world could do little but watch and pray. >> lord, your astronauts will come back safe...