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That's where nasa really ought to be. so his program is really taking this program as we know it into a different realm, a step further, and the aldrin-side guys are right about this. >> the heavy lift idea, to the point of the heavy lift rocket, the nasa veteran chris craft told the ap, we need a heavy lift rocket like we need a hole in the head. is craft right or is that how we get to mars with heavy lifting? >> i have great respect for chris craft. unfortunately, the fact is if we want to build spacecraft outfitted properly to take us to mars we're going to need the equipment up there, we'r...

And by that i mean allowing nasa to pursue the high frontier. you know, this idea of going to an asteroid and then going on to the moons of mars and then on to mars itself. that's where nasa really ought to be. so his program is really taking this program as we know it into a different realm, a step further, and the aldrin-side guys are right about this. >> the heavy lift idea, to the point of the heavy lift rocket, the nasa veteran chris craft told the ap, we need a heavy lift rocket like we need a hole in the head. is craft right or is that how we get to mars with heavy lifting? >> i have gr...

International space station construction is complete. so we need a different vehicle to allow us to take this -- these heavier materials up that are going to build the spacecraft that take us out to the asteroids or take us on to mars. >> the other specific in here, the constellation program, it was behind schedule, it was overbudget. was it right to essentially abonden it and does it mean we're going to give up hope for, say, the millennium, for returning to the moon? >> i don't think so at all. if you look at the program, let's ask the american taxpayer what would they prefer. would they pre...

Commercial sights and then it went to scientific research only and that's the era that i flew in mainly, then i got in on the beginning of space station construction, the end of the shuttle's career, and it's really hid its stride as a supply vehicle and heavy hauler, putting the big pieces of the space station together and now supplyo and now supplying it for the tasks ahead. the shuttle, despite a couple of tragic accidents has managed to pull off an amazing career. sad to see it go. we need to replace it with something better and that's where we see a gap with no replacement for the shuttle...