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They don't have to pay it themselves. they've been supportive and encouraging of this commercial approach. and it has led to dividends. i mean, they've paid billions of dollars less money for rockets than if they had all by themselves. >> that's an important point. >> it's a new way of doing this. and on the surface of it, it could be like, oh, look at a bunch of rich guys going on joyrides, but there are real benefits to the american taxpayer. >> we see that jeff bezos is right there at every step of the way. jose, before i let you go, i'm just wondering, these missions do play a part in spar...

0 >> i wouldn't say all of it is aimed towards that. of course, any commercial veteran needs to turn a profit in order to stay in business. so it's partially about that. it's partially about helping jeff bezos realize his big picture dream of colonizing what we call sis lunar space, the area between low earth orbit and the moon. this is a small first step for jeff bezos and blue origin, showing that they can launch people successfully into space and they have other rockets and bigger ambitions on the drawing board. if you want to take really big picture view of it, in jeff bezos' mind, this is...

The center of japan. >> that's a big city, sendai, there's a million people there. it's not just a little town in northeastern japan. this is what it looked like in sendai. all of thetsunami hit and you can see the water moving relentlessly? these pictures are heartbreaking to see the destruction? you have to imagine people were in the homes and cars and working those fields. it happened in mid afternoon in tokyo friday afternoon. and now 17 or 18 hours later we're only beginning to appreciate what's going on. it's approaching 9:00 a.m. in japan right now. we have a lot more to cover. the pres...