supervisor mar: thank you. let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone who would like to open -- to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this without objection? so move. ms. miller, could you please write -- read item number two. clerk miller: item number two, a resolution approving the execution of a lease agreement. >> good afternoon, chair mar, members of the committee. i have on the overhead a quick look at this property. this is caltrans-owned property. a lease for the now completed development for this property as a dog park, serving rincon and south beach. this is approximately 20,000 square feet. i want to preface my very brief presentation, do not hold me to the standard, because with future deals, i do not think we will see anything as stellar as this one. this is about half an acre of land, pretty prime area. to give you a sense of value of this land, right on the other side of the freeway, there is a parcel called 333 harrison. a portion of th

supervisor mar. supervisor mar: could you repeat what you just said? >> items 11, 12, and 13 have not been disposed so you will need some sort of a motion to dispense with those three items. supervisor mar: let me ask a question. can we rescind the vote and replace it with rejecting the appeal but on the condition that the study is done? >> and you can. i think that the board needs to elaborate what the study would be. does that mean the project is approved but the study needs to be conducted within a certain amount of time? what is the consequence for the project? who reviews the study? what is the criteria for the study? supervisor mar: because it seems complex, i will do my best to work with verizon to come back to the board with that proposal will include a study. i accept the vote as it was laid out. what is the recommendation on how to dispose of the items now? my motion is that we table all three. president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion to table all three items. is there a second to that? seconded by supervisor farrell. any objection to

supervisor mar: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: steve felt -- do you find that the privately owned ones are run by the same families or groups? >> there are networks of private owners. it is structured in a way where it is either a limited liability corporation or a trust, and sometimes it is actually very difficult to find who the decision maker and owner is at a building. there are some that manage different buildings, even in different parts of the city, but i do not know as much about who owns the different parts of the buildings. supervisor mar: miss? >> is it ok that we use the projector for part of the presentation? i am going to present some of the results of the survey. we do not have time to go over everything, but i want to kick up some parts that i wanted to share today. our findings are based on 150 surveys that were collected from seniors and adults with disabilities who live in sro's. because of our access to the buildings and limited funding, the results are not meant to be inclusive. hopefully thi

supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is bill hannon. i have lived at the golden gate way for 22 years peter i am the current president of the golden gate way tenants association. we want to thank mr. ginsberg and the recreation and park department for doing an absolutely splendid job of renovating sue bierman park. it looks wonderful and reflect great credit on the department. we are opposed to other structures going into sue bierman park. we do not want a museum being built. we do not want another peter pan tent being built. we do favor a children's playground in sue bierman park. we support the efforts of the parents. we appreciate their patients in working through the system for more than a year trying to find a home. we think sue bierman park is a good home. as to the selection between block 202 and 203, there has been vigorous debate inside our community as to where it should go. last thursday night, we had a meeting of our tenants association board of directors,

supervisor mar: thank you. we have the director of the san francisco museum of modern art. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is greg johnson. i will let him know i was acting on his behalf today. i serve as the expansion project director and on behalf of the museum i am grateful to have the opportunity to speak to you today. we are a great deal -- a great deal of information has been presented and we're thrilled by the process and the ability to reach this milestone. we would not be here if it were not for the tremendous about overwork. this has been a fantastic partnership. we're extremely grateful for the efforts that have been put forth. you are familiar with the proposal so i will touch on a few highlights to present to you today. natalee, sfmoma has on average 650,000 visitors a year. a unique factor about that is almost 100,000 of those visitors come to the museum free. we offer free programs, free education programs and access for children from schools and so forth. the ability to expand our facili

supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker? >> i live in tndc housing, the vassar hotel. i have been having a problem with social workers in the building. i asked for help with writing a letter for money to move in. the manager told me to talk to the social worker and i did. she said we do not do that here, who sent you back here at, i said the manager. i have been having problems with herber says. she has a person making illegal alcohol for her. i have been insulted, harassed by the tenants who live there. and reported it to the management and they do not do anything about it. i have seen tenants get asselta there and a lot of drugs. i see her going down the street and see someone on the street give her something, she stuffs it in her purse or goes back to the building. it goes on every day. i can sell the alcohol cooking, it makes me sick. i've been sick from the illegal alcohol they are making. i have called the police and it still goes on and i am still getting sick and i get harassed. i get insulted -- assaul

supervisor mar: thank you. >> in afternoon. as a former tenant, to address one of the questions about the visitation policy, [inaudible] there is a requirement that the committee take recommendations that the committee came out with. the policy be placed in the common area in large print. and be administered in each language. some of the hotels, their private hotels. it is behind the -- where the desk clerk is and residents do not have access. if you -- the policy is that it should be placed in the common areas. we do not have access. there is no excuse for that, either. it can go to 25. so that is some of the excuses. not to enforce the informed visitation policy. it is something we need to look into. the committee has reviewed and made their recommendations to amend the policy itself. we're looking at ways to improve conditions. some of the things i am seeing, i know my time is getting short. conditions in the shelters. we have so many seniors that are stuck in the shelters and we need to look at ways to get them out of the s

ever heard from mars is the system it will no longer love her and she was going good. and most immediately he granted a temporary reprieve to gary hague who is said to be executed in oregon by lethal injection on december sixth the move comes a surprise to a lot of anti death penalty advocates because kids auburn's personally against the use of the death penalty had previously allowed two executions to go forward in his first term as governor respecting the wishes of the voters of oregon who reinstated the death penalty in one thousand nine hundred four during a state explaining that decision he said allowing those two executions to move forward are decisions that he's regretted ever since he also made clear that his decision was not about compassion or sympathy for those on death row but rather because of the failures of the oregonian justice system to carry out the death penalty fairly. twenty seven years ago you see the clear this is the road. to those who will never. see a lawyer who will. simply put their. practice in the system itself. now oregon is just the most

supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> [inaudible] supervisor mar: actually, it is not timely for you to make that, but you can pass it on and have me take a look at it. >> [inaudible] supervisor mar: it actually permits the development of the playground anywhere, in either lot 202 or 203. it does not specify one way or the other. ok? next speaker. supervisor mar: i am the chair person of the parent committee over it the infinitely complex in san francisco. i am here to give support to the development of the playground structure over at the sue bierman park on behalf of the parents that the insanity and many of the other residents were not parents. we have had a children's fare in july at the complex, and we had well over 50 + people come in support of the waterfront playground and to provide donations to provide money to support the playground structure. thank you for your time, and we fully support the endeavor here. supervisor mar: is there anyone else would like to speak that has not been calle

supervisor mar: i think it is a good point. we're talking about an informational item, but even the interaction of the regional agencies would be helpful and useful conversation. let me try to talk to stuff about some sort of a hearing on that. commissioner kim. commissioner long. commissioner lomar: i see no other public comment. could you please call the next item. >> item #6 come introduction of new items come information item. supervisor mar: anyone from the public that would like to speak? cnn, public comment is closed. anyone from the public that would like to speak? thank you. -- seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you everyone for being here today. meeting adjourned.

supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> hi, my name is thomas jenkins. i am a senior. i live in the tenderloin, but i volunteered as an outreach worker. i go to these hotels all of the time. icy conditions. i see these conditions firsthand. walking to a hotel and opening the door, and the odor of death slaps you in the face. it is an odor you will never forget. because you have seniors living in these rooms, and they do not have anybody to take care of them, and some of them, they just laid there and they die, and that is the real truth of the matter. something needs to be done where somebody or something is looking after these people. i have lived in different sro's and nonprofits where rats are running rampant, where i had to take my covers and make sure they did not hit the floor so the mice could not qualify in my bed at night. this is how bad this is. on nonprofits are not all of that good, and this is one of the largest nonprofit in the city. you can do the math and find out which nonprofit that is. y

supervisor mar:. -- supervisor mar: next speaker? patrick? >> i was living 1139 market street. in the delmon that had the battle with the bedbugs. >> they did bring a really visual by -- vivid visual of what bedbugs are. thanks for trying. >> i lived in this building for almost two years and i had for three months dealt with laying in the room with the bedbugs. i asked to be moved, they refused to move me. they left me in there. they moved in that day, no problem. i could not move since i was in a wheelchair. no real's in the bathroom. people asleep in the stalls that do not even live there, doing drugs, you know, these people, they come in and takeover plays and all. and one thing to another, they did not know what they were doing. they are young kids. there were charging the extra money to live there. the worker that i hired, an sro worker, they charged him for even being there. which is against a law. i had to pay the extra money. i mean, i am 61 years of age, it is kind of ridiculous. that is all i have to say. supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor wiener has a question. su

they're going to mars. sending up a rover, blasting off in just over an hour looking for signs of life on mars. curiosity. it's not going to land on mars until next august and then the real work can begin. a 354 million mile trip to mars to get there. a scheduled launch, we'll have it for you live. >>> also, from oversea, still a developing story. new violence to report in syria. security forces killed at least 11 civilians across the country today. meanwhile, arab league ministers are immediating in cairo to discuss sanctions against damascus for failing to meet friday's deadline to allow observers into syria. >>> just past the top of the hour. let's say good morning to our friend here, joe carter, hln sports. you're up here and you're talking to us because this is a big deal. big day. we could have a deal. >> looks like a tentative deal on the table between players and owners. spent 17 hours yesterday hammering out the deal. the lockout after 149 days is going to end on christmas day, when the season is s

genuine oscar not say that going to mars is the -- astronauts say that going to mars is the big ambition. >> that is what we dream about. >> going to mars? >> going to mars. >> the mission had its light moments but scientists insist this was a serious experiment, getting ready for a voyage in about 20 years time. >> no way i would do that. this is not your typical cop. he bows down to mecca on his lunch breaks and the worst to foster understanding between the police department. he joined the police force shortly after earning his degree. at the time, there was only 20 people in the department and one year later, terrorists attacked new york on september 11th, 2011. >> at the age of 15, we knew why they came from there. my mother was crying. as we drove away from the village and looking back on the town, i wanted to cry but i could not. i just told myself. i remember that first night when i got there, i was so terrified i did not know what was going to happen. after my surface, i was about 20 years old and when i had a chance to leave, i took my chance and i came here. i continued my educ

rovers we were able to confirm that there's theories of mars were once covered by. salty sea and that's a super place to go back and look for evidence of past life and maybe even present day life but we can't take those results alone and know whether life is likely to be there we only know that the conditions were right now we have to go back and start really answering detailed questions at the chemical makeup of the surface and whether there are signatures consistent with biology so that we can then take the ultimate step of actually going to mars and looking for a life and i want to get into something that you know is causing a lot of trouble for a lot of scientists and for nasa here which is the fact that as i mentioned the other rovers were solar powered this one has this nuclear powered battery and this plutonium to thirty eight reports and out saying is becoming very rare there is a massive shortage of it the obama administration approved more development but that has so far gotten stuck in congress and so i'm just curious why why couldn't they send this rover

supervisor mar: mobile vendors like food trucks? >> likely in conjunction with farmers' market to activate the plaza. it is anticipated the plaza will be completed in 2015. this is consistent with motion 17775 of the plan that was adopted on december 4 of 20,000 -- in 2008. it was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2009. the sfmta approve the process in their resolution. and the board of trustees has unanimously approved this as well in a meeting on june 20, 2011. the apartment -- the apartment found it consistent -- all of these items are part of the board filed. i am joined by lisa from the office of economic work force development. she has my personal gratitude for her tenacity to keep this moving forward and i am pleased to finally get this final piece of the puzzle for you today. i am happy to answer questions you might have. supervisor mar: seeing no questions, let us open it up for public comment. anyone like to speak? we have hannah stewart and brittany hammond that have signed up to speak. >> walter paulson. ♪ oh, cit

it will spend two years on mars. it is armed with drills and lasers and a range of scientific instruments to analyze rocks and soil on mars. scientists are hoping this mission will tell them whether mars has or ever has had what it takes to nurture some form of life. >> there will be a challenge in recognizing it, even if it is as life as we know ashere. then there's the question, what if it is not like life on earth? that will also be a challenge. >> just getting to mars is a difficult journey and there have been many failures. russia's latest mars probe remains stuck in orbit around earth after its failed launch two weeks ago. if all goes well, the rover will reach mars next august and hopefully will reveal the secrets that lie beneath the surface of the red planet. >> this is gmt from "bbc world news." i am george alagiah. the headlines -- an official report due out shortly into the protests in bahrain is expected to be highly critical of the government. the united nations human rights chief wants an independent p

supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker? >> ♪ moma, how i love yo, my dear old moma ♪ ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ iw ould give the world to see you again ♪ ♪ moma, how i love you ♪ ♪ the districts north, east, west, and south will see you some more is decline ♪ when you relocate ♪ ♪ you are the moma i always dreamed of musicaf ♪ ♪ you moved and that's the last i've seen aof my art heart ♪ ♪ it is the way you look like he smite are located there. ♪ you are the art work right brand of musical and -- artwork i have dreamed of ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? please come for. >> thank you. on behalf of the w and sf moma. her concerns are about private use. the design does include alternative pedestrian access and a substitute for the excess weight. the public pedestrian ways preserved and it is undisputed the vacation of hunt street is in the public interest because it is impossible to build witho

conditions are extremely hostile on mars. the aim, to search for evidence about what might have flourished in the past. each tiny collection of dust will be brought into a special container. it will then be analyzed inside the rover. the most detailed investigation of whether anything could have ever lived here. >> we're hoping to figure out whether mars was ever an a habitable planet. really understand whether that offered a chance for life today cold undeveloped. >> before any of that, the rover must get to mars safely. for this mission, they're trying not a new way of landing. a rocket powered descent with the rover lowered on a tether. it is highly risky. the man behind britain's failed voyage to mars is worried. >> it is not easy, a tricky. i should be nervous. >> a huge gamble, but if it works, we may get a bit closer to knowing if it is possible that we are not alone. >> the award extraordinary gets overused in news, but this is really something. a pair of olympic silver medalist is having to compete in the olympics. t

but the mars rover "curiosity" is on its way to mars. but my one last question, and i'm asking this because of our viewers. i am getting a lot of response, messages coming in via twitter which is right here in front of me now. people are wondering, during these economic times, and i know nasa gets this question all the time, at what cost? $2.5 billion for this, is this what we need to be spending money on right now? what does nasa, who gets that question all the time, what is their response when people are critical of is this the west use of our money at this time? >> you know, the reality is that nasa's intujt like, you know, pennies on the dollar is how much nasa gets out of the federal budget. literally like 5 cents on the dollar if that goes to nasa's budget. but the fact of the matter is, the way nasa will tell you is it's exploration. do we want to answer the questions is there other life in the universe? it's a basic question that people have been skl asking since the dawn of time. those are the kinds of things that, you know, it

supervisor mar: i think it is a good point. we're talking about an informational item, but even the interaction of the regional agencies would be helpful and useful conversation. let me try to talk to stuff about some sort of a hearing on that. commissioner kim. commissioner long. commissioner lomar: i see no other public comment. could you please call the next item. >> item #6 come introduction of new items come information item. supervisor mar: anyone from the public that would like to speak? cnn, public comment is closed. anyone from the public that would like to speak? thank you. -- seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you everyone for being here today. meeting adjourned. >> good afternoon but i am kathy davis, executive director of bayview hunters point senior services. we run an adult health care center for 26 years. and like all of you out there, we want to continue to run our adult health care centers in san francisco, right? that is why we are here today. we're here to tell the governor to stop the elimination

supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is vivian, would self- help for the elderly. under a program, we have case management and housing counseling, and we are also part of the transitional care network. our clients are fearful to speak in coming today, some of the issues i will not repeat, because they are repetitive, but there are some issues which have not been mentioned, which is that the space is very limited with sro's, so when we work with people who have been discharged from hospitals, we cannot put the items that they need even temporarily in their room, even a commode or a walker. there is less than the required ada 3 feet of space after they put in their bed. for home delivered meals, attracted by the city, we could all lead provide one meal per day per client. a lot of those you are transitioning, they will not get a second meal from a city contract, so on less than a funding that can go purchase the grocery or hire a health worker to do that, they will be at home, eatin

supervisor mar: i think it is a good point. we're talking about an informational item, but even the interaction of the regional agencies would be helpful and useful conversation. let me try to talk to stuff about some sort of a hearing on that. commissioner kim. commissioner long. commissioner lomar: i see no other public comment. could you please call the next item. >> item #6 come introduction of new items come information item. supervisor mar: anyone from the public that would like to speak? cnn, public comment is closed. anyone from the public that would like to speak? thank you. --

is to perform one space trip to mars let's start with the first ship you can't colonize mars without first landing on it it is technically viable there are a number of projects an artisan is are working on them but whether we fry to mars or not depends on two things spaceflight should be authorized and international cooperation should be established because it won't pay to accomplish with one single nation or group of people but rather the entire global community at our disposal an intentional decision to leave. it no it was not intentional or overt we had applications from women candidates and in one of the preliminary tests we even had a female commander there are two things that can account for the absence of women on the team we did not make a point of the candidate sex or make distinctions between men and women we looked at the level of proficiency character traits the ability to work on a team and many other qualities. you know there are different women but personally i would be sorry to put a woman in such conditions because a man can break his daily routine much more easily t

well the ambitious experiment simulating a manned mission to mars will come to an end on friday we actually spoke to the head of the project. called his interview a very interesting one indeed it's coming up next. price or what mr merkel thank you very much for being with us to mars five hundred is your idea of your purchase and it's close to its completion the experimenting members are about to walk out of this chamber whatever you call it how does it feel it's been seventeen months are you nervous. at all and of course i'm anxious we were more anxious though when they just walked in now we're looking forward to the end of the experiment of course such extensive isolation will require the crew to spend some time in rehabilitation will be hard work for us to analyze the results but the very fact of a team managed to stay the course is a source of delight and that. from the very start there has been much controversy over marse five hundred especially among professionals when i mean it's people say that you can become a formula one driver by spending a year and i have any driver see ordinary

the start of the bold journey to mars. by next august, a strange craft should be descending to the martian surface. a rover called curiosity packed with instruments. nothing this big has ever been sent to another planet. this full-scale but look at shows the size of this mission and the largest machine ever to be sent to the surface of mars and this is a roving laboratory. cameras up top, down below a search for clues about possible life. conditions are extremely hostile on mars but the hope is to gather samples from inside of the soil. the aim is to search for evidence about what might have flourished in the past. each tiny collection of dust will be dropped into a special container and will then be analyzed inside of the rover. the most detailed investigation into if anything could have lived here. >> we're hoping to see if mars ever was a habitable planet. we will look at the ancient environment on mars. we want to understand whether this offers a chance for life to take hold and develop. >> before that, it must get to

environment on mars. >> before that, the rubber has to get to mars safely. for this mission, they're trying out a new way of landing. a rocket powered descent with the rubber itself lowered on a tether -- rover itself lords on a tether. it is highly risky. >> hovering above the landing site, a rover, it is not easy. it is tricky. i should be nervous. >> a huge gamble, but if it works, we may get a bit closer to knowing if it is possible that we are not alone. >> there should be a link here. it is jetman and he has been back in the air again. this was pilot has completed a formation of flight alongside two jets. after jumping not a helicopter, he performed the air about it displayed near the swiss alps. much more for you any time, all the international news on bbc.com. thank you very much for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global strength to work for a wide range of

joined by supervisor eric mar. the other member of the committee will be absent today, supervisor sean elsbernd. can we get a motion to excuse his absence? so done, without objection. we're also joined right now by supervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is ms. gail johnson. can you share announcements? >> all persons are requested to off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them up by the rail in front of you to your left. if you submit copies of materials for members of the committee, please submit an extra copy for the file. the two items on the agenda today, it recommended, will go to the full board for consideration tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. >> very good. thank you, madam clerk. please call item number 1. >> item 1, resolution supported regulated and safe patient access to medical cannabis in the city and county of san francisco. >> supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you. good morning, everyone. happy monday, happy halloween. this is the resolut

the rover will spend nearly two years on mars. it's armed with drills, lasers, and a whole range of scientific instruments to analyze rocks and soil on mars. scientists are hoping the mission will tell them whether mars has or ever had what it takes to nurture some form of life. >> there's going to be a challenge in recognizing it. even if it ends up being just like life as we know it here, and then there's the whole question of what if it is isn't life like we know it on earth, it uses different materials, it forms different structures. that's also going to be a challenge. >> but just getting to mars is a difficult journey. there have been many failures. russia's latest mars probe remains stuck in orbit around earth after its failed launch two weeks ago. if all goes well, the roer will reach mars next august and hopefully help to reveal the secrets that lie beneath the surface of the red planet. >> now we're going to talk about football. >> we're talking about manchester city, who spent an absolute fortune since it was taken over

supervisor mar: i think it is a good point. we're talking about an informational item, but even the interaction of the regional agencies would be helpful and useful conversation. let me try to talk to stuff about some sort of a hearing on that. commissioner kim. commissioner long. commissioner lomar: i see no other public comment. could you please call the next item. >> item #6 come introduction of new items come information item. supervisor mar: anyone from the public that would like to speak? cnn, public comment is closed. anyone from the public that would like to speak? thank you. -- seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you everyone for being here today. meeting adjourned. supervisor mirkarimi: good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority. ross mirkarimi, chair. i apologize for the slight delay. >> >> supervisor avalos -- >> present. >> supervisor campos -- >> present. >> supervisor chiu -- absent. >> supervisor chu -- >> present. >> supervisor cohen -- >> present. >> supervisor elsbernd

mission to mars. tonight's nasa's high hopes for a trip in search of life on the red planet. >>> making the grade. facing new rules that could cost them millions, hospitals race to make patients happier. >>> and making a difference. for military families, capturing cherished memories to hold onto when they're serving far from cherished memories to hold onto when they're serving far from home. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the already strained relationship between the u.s. and its wartime ally, pakistan, has been further stretched toward the breaking point after a nato air an attack killed 24 pakistani soldiers. it happened this morning in a pair of border outposts. the circumstances surrounding the attack remain murky and notably washington has not directly accepted blame. tonight pakistani officials are calling the incident a grave infringement of the country's sovereignty and have moved to cut off critical support to the neighboring war effort in neighboring afghanistan

the mars science lab and the curiosity rover. headed to mars, august 6th. as i mentioned to you at one time, t.j., if you and i were standing on the surface of mars august 6th, 3:00, noon, right there, it would be. >> and this ain't your grand daddy's rover here. >> no, it is not. >> give us an idea of the size of this sucker. >> okay. so the first rover they sent back on path finder was about yay big, the rover, the whole thing. this is a mock-up of a wheel. one of the six wheels on curiosity. so the wheel itself is as big if not bigger than the entire sojournor, the first of those that landed on mars. so a 2,000 pound vehicle. they are hoping to get some incredible, incredible science out of it. i'm already booking my tickets to pass tina, california, to the jet propulsion laboratory because i want to be there when that thing lands on mars in august. >> good stuff this morning. and thank you so much for walking us through it. we appreciate you, as always, john zarrella. >> sure. >>> and coming up next, what is will.i.am have to do with this launch? he was

i was we've been reporting in bush's experiment simulating a mission to mars will come to a close friday or he spoke with the head of the project or a smirk of his interview coming up. you see mirko of thank you very much for being with us today marsh five hundred is your idea or project and it's close to its completion the experimenting members are about to walk out of whatever how does it feel it's been seventeen months are you nervous or long of course i'm anxious we were more anxious though when they just walked in now we're looking forward to be end of the experiment of course such extensive isolation will require the crew to spend some time in rehabilitation it would be hard work for us to analyze the results but the very fact of a team managed to stay the course is a source of delight. with us from the very start there has been much controversy over marsh five hundred especially among professionals i mean is he will say that you can become a formula one driver by spending a year in a house any privacy ordinary people who don't know much about experiment are likely to ask was the p

its latest mission to mars this morning. launching an unmanned rover like no other on an eight-and-a-half-month, 354 million-mile journey to the red planet. as lee cowen reports from the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california, getting to mars it only half the problem. >> and liftoff of theat las five with "curiosity." >> reporter: with this morning's launch, nasa's $2.5 billion rover, antly named "curiosity," gab its 354-million-mile journey to mars and so far it's right on target. >> everything is looking good. >> reporter: the vehicle is the cadillac of mars rovers. it weighs almost a ton and powered by a nuclear reactor. in fact, nasa hasn't tried landing something this large and this complex since the lunar modules that put men on the moon and as exciting as today's launch was, the reality-- >> mars really is the bermuda triangle of the solar system. >> reporter: a landing has nasa nervous, especially its chief engineer rob manning. >> its maiden flight is actually-- there are no dress rehearsals. it has to wo

mars five hundred touched down on r.t. . down the official t. up location on the phone i pod touch from the. life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s my old posts an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. prime minister dresses his holiday that's a strong message is that it is that many wondering just teasing the driving force behind that could follow the latest there from a should just be. europe's financial chaos hijacks the g twenty meeting in from fifty leaders of the world's richest nations discuss what to do about greek debt and the teetering euro zone. and down the road from g. twenty mulches an alternative gatherings are being held surrounded by a massive police operation. who can streets are littered with two gas canisters and spent rubber bullets after a rock police crackdown on a massive occupy protest that left america's fifth largest port paralyzed. and also questions of fairness a businessman that wants to bring him home after a new york jury finds him guilty of trafficking our top stories this hour.

is not the same thing is to perform one's face trip to mars where the first ship can't colonize mars without first landing on it it is technically viable there are a number of projects in our design is our working on them but whether we fly to mars or not depends on two things this space flight should be authorized and international cooperation should be established because it won't be to accomplish with one single nation or group of people but rather of the entire global community at our disposal an intentional decision to. know it was not intentional or overt we had applications from women candidates and in one of their preliminary tests like we even had a female commander if there are two things that can account for the absence of women on the team we did not make a point of the candidate sex or make distinctions between men and women of what we looked at the level of proficiency character traits the ability to work on a team and many other qualities. no there were different women but personally i would be stories about a woman in such conditions because a man can break his daily