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Cnn's aerospace analyst miles o'brien. i love that. from aviation to aerospace. i love the title, miles. good to see you. >> going higher. you know, aviation doesn't cut it. we've got to do aerospace now. let's go higher. >> right on. jeff bezos set to go up. last week it was richard branson, and you say the billionaires' space efforts may seem tone deaf but they're important milestones. i don't disagree with you. but tell the viewers why. >> well, you know, it's hard to look at it and say, wow, this is great for the world, right? a couple of guys doing gold-plated bungee jumps. and i suppose ...

Saying it was a u -- ufo. neil: i was reading from -- i don't remember the exact number but china spending on space efforts, all the other nations are included combined, does that concern you in any level? >> i'm concerned that china is making rapid advances in space to show technological to show its the leader in technology. i think the chinese are behind us. we've landed rovers on venus, spacecraft since 1976 and they are just getting their first one down. they have a lot of ground to make up and i think we should keep our technological lead by taking on challenging tasks like visiting the s...

Prompted a new push to clarify once and for all whether aliens exist 10 years later the search for extraterrestrial intelligence or seti got underway its search for radio transmissions from space efforts are continuing but so far without success. some warn against seeking to make contact with alien life forms saying they might want to plunder earth's raw materials in view of what we know so far that's unlikely. highly sensitive telescopes have it best discovered only the building blocks of life and space. in the vicinity of young stars organic compounds have been found such as nothing at all a...

Search for extraterrestrial intelligence or seti got underway its search for radio transmissions from space efforts are continuing but so far without success. some warn against seeking to make contact with alien life forms saying they might want to plunder earth's raw materials in view of what we know so far that's unlikely. highly sensitive telescopes have a best discovered only the building blocks of life and space. in the vicinity of young stars organic compounds have been found such as methanol and simple sugars along with more. plex molecules that are important for the formation of protei...

The times have changed and today america depends on the russian for space travel. unlike america's heroic space efforts back then nasa now extending a nearly half billion contract to russia to ferry u.s. astronauts to the international space station. nasa says congress just won't supply the funding. what will it take to reignite the excitement of the "apollo" moon shot? joining me now is the last man to set foot on the moon captain gene cernan the author of the book "last author of the book last man on to moon. it's great to have you on the program again, sir. thanks for joining us. >> it's my...