Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120810:02:58:00
Once the shuttle program was tapered off, the question is what exactly is nasa's role. we're not going to land on the moon. we're not using the shuttle to do a lot of space stationy type of stuff. the curiosity project seems to me for the first time in a while, it felt like space exploration was in the public consciousness again for a genuine and exciting fashion. do you feel there's a real scientific project and justification going forward? >> absolutely. all of us think this is an incredible project. this technology which seems so crazy and actually worked fl ee flawlessly is the what we see...