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Should be a priority and money spent on it is spent on the ground and results in the technologies that we can use here at home. the benefits of nasa's research aren't always upfront but you can use a ton of technologies in nasa's basic research. we need to invest in it. james in north carolina, forget about the u.s. space program. let's concentrate on the space between our ears and what the government has on spending and the government in the bank. our problems are closer to home than outer space. laurie in pennsylvania, our money would be spent with an affordable alternative to oil. until nas...

Accountability level that starts at the federal government. there's so much weighted percentage with ayp and the api at the state level, that teachers and administrators have to take things off the plate and prioritize. what gets prioritized is english, language, arts and math, which contradicts all of the stem initiatives that the president is trying to invigorate across the nation. >> dean, the president called for a sputnik moment, alluding to how the u.s. space program fell behind in the '50s to the russians which spurred a strong u.s. comeback. you say a sputnik moment today is meaningles...

Steps on the surface of the moon on this day in 1969. the apollo 11 moon shot would never have been possible had it not been for the earlier heroics for men like john glenn. john glenn flew apollo 7 on the first-ever manned apollo mission. the future of the u.s. space program is up in the air, and sir, it's great to see you, great to talk to you again. the president says the country really can't afford to do it, so what came of your meeting with him. >> he's devoted to a strong space program. he says that and i certainly believe him, our differences are just on how we get there. i don't want t...

Taking some heat right now for making controversial comments that are raising new questions about the future of the u.s. space program. brian todd is monitoring the story. >> a nasa official tells us they think this has been blown way out of proportion but in this post mcchrystal atmosphere in washington public comments from administration officials overseas are razor edge sensitive. the head of nasa is now getting some back lash. the white house moves quickly to dial back comments from nasa's administrator about america's priorities in space. in a recent interview with al jazeera while visiti...

People who have the chops on the subject matter. robert, appreciate it. thank you so much. that was good stuff. >> thanks. all the best. >> yeah, we will bring you live coverage of president obama's remarks on the future of the u.s. space program. that is set for 2:45 eastern from the kennedy space center. you can see it live right here on cnn. what's that lighting up the night sky? did you see it right there? right there? a ufo, maybe? not quite, but you'll need to stick around for the answer. we know why we're here. to give our war fighters every advantage. to deliver technologies that ant...