responsibility for nasa. request 2018 budget cuts earth observation by more missions.ding five now closing our eyes to what's happening to our planet doesn't it's not happening and people in my state have no doubt change climate is ecause we see it every day the is affecting our tourism that contributes more than 4 new hampshire. this is not the time to cut back observations i looking forward to work with my olleagues to ensure nasa continues progress on high priority earth science missions want search and finally i to end by noting that nasa contracting remains on the accountabilities office high risk list where it 1990.en listed since now we all recognize how nasa's programs are and how important your quality ofis but the nasa's program management needs to match the quality of it's i think that's the oint of the ga o continuing to list nasa. again, thank you for testifying mr. y and thank you chairman for holding this hearing. > welcome again to the committee. all of your written testimony hearingmade part

let's look more broadly at nasa's program. nasa's budget for the coming year. we had a chance earlier to talk reportere magazine, , about the budget and more. jeff, in your "space news" budget,about the nasa you quote richard shelby who says the current administration to except where the previous administration left off, by projecting a lofty vision for space. where does the budget stand in this process? administration, in their fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, requested less than what nasa received in 2017. and it puts cuts into various of thes, including some exploration programs, science programs, and elsewhere in the agency. and what you are seeing from senator shelby and others in congress, is a reaction to those , and efforts in the appropriations committee to restore those cuts. thatat are the key areas congress would like to see restored to the nasa budget? >> there are a couple of programs in nasa's exploration program. a next generation, heavy lift rocket that will be used for missions beyond earth's orbit, including mars. another is the orion spacec

nasa is not a high priority issue. right now, it is sort of a continuation of the previous including a series of human missions to mars in the future. >> 19.8 billion for nasa and 2018. how does that number compared with the heyday of apollo in the 1960's and 1970's? >> the overall nasa budget is less than half a percent of the overall federal budget at this time. apollo a day it was 5% of the federal budget. nasaat is the priority for over the last couple of years? the orion spacecraft. the essays talked about flying a series of missions between earth and the moon in the 20 20's, and sending humans to mars in the 2030s >> >> tell us about the space council, what that group does, and how it might change of the trump administration? >> the national space council has existed in one form or another, since the early days of the space age. during the kennedy vice president lyndon johnson was very active in its activities. it was also active in the administration of resident george h.w. bush, with vice president quayle runni

go live to nasa t.v. for it rage of the event as travels across 14 states from west coast to the east coast. reminder, do not look directly at the sun during he eclipse, should only be viewed with special solar eclipse glasses. >> starting on the west coast, tracking the eclipse as it moves to the east coast, we will the experience of 2017 eclipse across america. invite you to join us, for programming ipse from coast to coast across the country. >> welcome to nasa preshow coverage of total solar eclipse of 2017. are coming to you live from nasa at the college of charleston, in south carolina. hours, be xt four prepared for an amazing journey through the eyes of nasa. now, on to our preshow host, aren fox, and shawn potter, guys, take it away, it's sun time! [bell ringing] >> thanks. >> thank you, dwayne. we have a great show for you wait. i can't >> no, me either. >> can't wait. means it e bells, it is eclipse time. >> welcome to nasa t.v. solar eclipse,17 i'm karen fox, communications ead for what we cal

astronauts into orbit and that money is important to them and important to nasa because nasa can put an american in space and hasn't been able to for six years which is a little embarrassing. there is rivalry and cooperation. nasa is trying to be more nimble, encourage entrepreneurial outfits not at a level of space x but student groups and small startups to do miniaturization, put microsatellites up, that is a booming area, cube sets, nasa is trying to learn, roll with the times and be more entrepreneurial and there are partnerships. >> host: you mention the university of arizona has its own space program. >> we have been contacted by nasa twice to do everything except the launch itself for a space probe, first the phoenix lander that went to the martian polar region and most currently osiris rex which will grab a little bit of an asteroid and bring it back. >> host: in "beyond: our future in space" you write about the importance of asteroids. what is that? >> guest: if you want to get glitter in your eye, they are valuable, 500 m asteroid, half a kilometer, not that big that happen

it is a nasa website. starting september 1 through the end of the month, you can sign up to be a solar system ambassador. check it out on the web. solar system ambassador. with me now is jim green. head ofn is the planetary science for nasa. he is in charge of all planetary missions and asteroids. this guy knows his stuff. let's talk about this. you see this eclipse that does not happen. it happens once in a lifetime. you see it as an opportunity. >> absolutely. we are getting the eerie feeling right now, but when we watch the -- when we launch balloons, and there will be 57 balloons, 30 of which will have a planetary experiment on them. >> we have video of this. just a few days ago, we had a crew and they did a test launch. they sent up an imaginary haloed to see how it all works. you have actual scientific experiments going on. >> we do. we have a harmless bacteria. we have 30 eric -- 30 balloons. we have two areas where the bacteria will be sprayed. one is on the ground and one is a fixed to the balloon

nasa reporting that the trump administration has chosen the administrator. the new nasa administrator will be jim. a republicanently member of congress. john schumacher, a senior aerojet. at once the president makes the announcement, and he hasn't yet, hearings.t senate baker, west virginia. michael, your thoughts on the program? the space >> i think it's one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, we should be doing. the legitimate functions of government do include, among things, developing frontiers and nobody is going to care about climate change or any other things if civilization collapses, because anythingno longer has to work with. we that will happen, unless start digging minerals out of the moon and other bodies soon enough. >> well, do you think, michael, that the issue of climate change is part of the realm of nasa's research? they do research on it now in programrth-sciences through nasa. >> well, yes, and i'm okay with that. but if we run out of resources don't have space colonies, then industry will to work with. we'll b

is every april 15, you pay for your nasa. it is your nasa. what do you want your nasa to be? and how do you want it to get there from where it is today? >> actually having watched the apollo's land, i think nasa is an agency that has a great deal of self-doubt. they allow obstacles that allow that kindergarten or possibility thinking. rejuvenating something like that -- how do we do that? how do we rejuvenate something where you have got that middle school pessimism? >> can we have more plant projects? like, plants are vital? it produces a free oxygen that you do not have to pay for. >> i think an important consideration right now is based off the fact that many of nasa's projects, are not massed produced given the idea of a future on the moon, it is going to require much more mass-produced means of getting there, as well as mass-produced environments in which we can live. the consideration i think right now is whether we should be making the investment in lowering those costs via the consideration of producing more of these. how to bring down costs, whether we should wait as

we want to welcome your comments on the future of nasa's space program. use these numbers to share your thoughts. at c-spanus a tweet and we welcome your comments on our facebook page ar. eric said i like the operation --co-operation between nasa and they say. that's in spacex. we welcome your thoughts. we will take calls for 15 minutes or so on cspan. we were talking about a pot will need administrator -- a possible new administrator for nasa. the trump administration has chosen the deputy administrator of nasa. idenstine, and br that is a senate approves position. once the president makes the figure, west virginia, we will hear from michael. what is your thoughts on the future of the space program? >> is the most important thing. the legitimate functions of government to include developing one is goingd no to care about climate change or any of these other things if civilization collapses because industry no longer have anything to work with. that will happen unless we start nigging minerals out of the moo and other bodies. >> do you think the issue of

administrator at nasa headquarters. angela, and supple investigator of the eclipse ballooning project. coast,ut to the west linda, executive director. director of solar physics in the division of sciences at the national science foundation in arlington, virginia. titles.she has many at theor of astrophysics university of columbia. astronomer, national solar observatory in tucson, arizona. we will facilitate that discussion. >> i'm excited to be a part of this panel because science is such an important part of seeing an eclipse. angela i would like to start with you. we are talking about observing the eclipse from the edge of space. >> the goal of the ballooning project is to connect to a basic human sense of wonder by providing live footage from the edge of space. how does this edge of space footage come about? how did the idea come about? four years ago i was doing my daily perusal of the news and i saw story about a pilot who accomplished the difficult task of getting his plane into just the right place at just the so

therefore, we took the nasa science mission directorate and nasa space grant and teamed them together to create the eclipse ballooning project. a project that at the time, we had no idea how to do. nobody had ever live streamed video from one high-altitude balloon of a total solar eclipse before, let alone dozens across the continent. luckily, an affinity for solving tricky problems is what draws of -- students into science and engineering fields. if you can play the next video please. after hard work we have over 50 student teams from across the country, ready to stream high-altitude video from dozens of locations across the path of totality. sharing inspiring, imagination sparking footage with the public, live. we hope you check out our footage on in eclipse day. thank you. >> thank you so much, angela. what i will do now is kick it over to linda who is talking about taking this opportunity to learn and inspire the next generation of scientists with the eclipse. linda, take it away. >> hi, thanks, great to be here. i wanted to talk a little bit about not the current eclipse coming u

may god bless nasa and the united states. [cheers and applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on monday, a total solar eclipse will be visible from coast to coast of the u.s. for the first time in 99 years. our coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern with "washington journal," live from nasa's spaceflight center. at noon, we will simulcast nasa tv as the eclipse makes its way across the country. we recently spoke with an astronomer to learn more.

is every april 15, you pay for your nasa. it is your nasa. what do you want your nasa to be? and how do you want it to get there from where it is today? >> actually having watched the apollo's land, i think nasa is an agency that has a great deal of self-doubt. they allow obstacles that allow that kindergarten or possibility thinking. rejuvenating something like that -- how do we do that? how do we rejuvenate something where you have got that middle school pessimism? >> can we have more plant projects like, plants are vital. it produces a free oxygen that you do not have to pay for. >> i think an important consideration right now is based off the fact that many of nasa's projects, are not massed produced given the idea of a future on the moon, it is going to require much more mass-produced means of getting there, as well as mass-produced environments in which we can live. the consideration i think right now is whether we should be making the investment in lowering those costs via the consideration of producing more of these. how to bring down costs, whether we should wait as

pay for your nasa. what do you want your nasa to be? how do you propose to get there from today? >> actually having watched the apollo land as a child, i remember and enthusiasm. is an agency that has a great deal of self-doubt. something like that -- how do we rejuvenate something where you have that middle school pessimism? >> and we have more planned .rojects to produce are vital free oxygen that you don't have to pay for. an important consideration right now is based off the fact that many of nasa's projects -- i don't want to say one-off but definitely not mass-produced. the future is going to require ofh more mass-produced means getting there as well as mass-produced environments in which we can live, so the consideration i think right now is if we should be making the investment in lowering those ofts via the consideration producing many more of these than we currently have, so how to bring down costs, if we should wait as these projects progress or start making the investments now they stuff the

let's look more broadly at nasa's program. nasa's budget for the coming year. we had a chance earlier to talk with space

at nasa headquarters. so we all seem where an internship can lead to. greg williams. [applause] hey, goodams: morning. some reference this morning to the space we construct, and i want to take time after the panel we had this morning to introduce it in more detail. i am probably listed in your program as tbd, and that is appropriate because i'm representing the work of a number of people. it was a team led by jim free, vanessa, craig, jonathan. folksre is a number of who are following this activity and wanted to give them a shout out before we started. our goal as we all know, don't need to remind you all of this, if we want to go to mars. we want to send people to mars and while we are all still alive and kicking. and you have seen in your program a reference to the set of principles in the human space report which we have found rewarding. as we set out on this journey, we wanted to establish what we need to really do with exploration how we are going to , get there. i won't read all of these to you, but

we need a nasa expert. i don't think we have a satellite that deep, or the hubble telescope to show us what might be, what that might look like. kentucky, hello to anthony. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. think, we are in the, i the path of the total eclipse. that far fromot national, so you should be close. caller: carbonell, illinois, i think is supposed to be on the centerline and we are about one hour from there. my daughter is in girl scouts. they are having a solar event this weekend, where the girl scouts are camping out and it , staying out of night, and they will have telescopes and then they will be viewing it from the highest point there at the campground. i am just going to be sitting in the front yard. i will pull my lawn chair out and enjoy that way. host: do you have your glasses or welders helmet? glasses, iave my have actually watched it with a welders helmet before. i was 15 in 1979 when we had a before. last time aas the solar eclipse in the continental u.s., right? call

is every april 15, you pay for your nasa. it is your nasa. what do you want your nasa to be? and how do you want it to get there from where it is today? >> actually having watched the isllo's land, i think nasa an agency that has a great deal of self-doubt. that allowobstacles that kindergarten or possibility thinking. rejuvenating something like that -- how do we do that? how do we rejuvenate something where you have got that middle school pessimism? >> can we have more plant , plants are vital. it produces a free oxygen that you do not have to pay for. think an important basederation right now is off the fact that many of nasa's are not massed produced given the idea of a future on the moon, it is going to require much more mass-produced means of getting there, as well as lack -- mass-produced environments in which we can live. the consideration i think right now is whether we should be making the investment in via theg those costs th consideration of producing more of these. how to bring down costs, whether we should wait as these projects progress or start making the inve

nasa rse we have got several missions in the plans. has another mission that's coming also and of course india and united emirates and there and the united emirates has one on the very it's become a international program and their commercial efforts as well. can see spacex has a mission they hope to do up there as well the team looks forward to the things they really need to get done they have some and one of the first is, we need to replacement for the m r o that has yearsn orbit for ten plus now and so it's been doing a marvelous job but it's been and it's time to get ready for a new one that ill take up that mission and provide the communications necessary. also the mars simple return high priority for the team and this will start to work aspects that her we'll need for the human mission. robotic lot of missions to mars but nothing has ver come back so the a scent portion is critical and the return will work that. you mike. so next section is a discussion architectures and systems ecessary for habitation of mars. 2016 and 2017 there

there is a rogue nasa website. after the administration things may turn a different way the administration who knows how long this is in can the last. make sure that the student that is in high school that's going to college is going to have that and be at the forefront. i don't have the answer. there are picture was taken in 1960. we shot this picture of the earth rising. it was an iconic picture in the 70s. the epa started after it was taken. in 2018 will be 50 years after that picture was taken. to try to change the course correction. what is can happen in the next 50 years. we also had to make sure that we are awake. and make sure that we are using our votes to have a 26 date for our kids. i want to know what you think about diversity in the astronaut corps it was a big class to take and taken that year. the number of minorities in nasa. i was one. i think the movie hadn't figures has helped let people see the work that has been going on for a very long time at nasa in general and the diversity i have a chance

nasa has requested online. so it's going to be -- it's a very exciting day at school. host: is this a first eclipse for you? caller: it is, the first one i remember, though i think i heard some place the last one where there was an eclipse like this was 99 years ago and i'm not 99 years old, this would be the first. i may be wrong on that, somebody can correct me on that. i don't know. but it is the first and it's quite delightful to watch students who are excited to come to school, excited about something that's happening. and as i said, we have a science teacher who really takes advantage of the situation such as an eclipse to get our students involved and helping nasa. host: david in oklahoma. the goddard space flight visitor center is where we are today, about a half-hour or so north of washington, d.c. and where nasa does its work on space flight and this is the visitor center and today is about the solar eclipse. you heard our first guest talk about it. we'll have a nasa scientist joining us later, sherry

so, the guy from nasa, over to you. . thank you so much, dwayne sometimes you forget that we are sitting on a planet that is turning on its axis and there is --inancial -- it was everything is phased in the gases and the field of our star, the sun. the most important star for us, because it gives us life, it is supporting everything we do but it is also the rosetta stone of all-stars. we first learned here everything from the sun. so, the eclipse is important because these bodies come into alignment in a cosmic moment that we are all being a part of. these cosmic moments, when nature speaks to us in an emotional way, sometimes they come loudly, like thunderstorms, storms, hurricanes, earthquakes. but this one will be silent. turnf a sudden, they will -- day will turn into night and back again and the world around us, animals, will react to it. this emotion is really important , you should talk to everybody who has seen as an eclipse. for me, the story that i remember is my grandmother who told me that every of her ex.. ab

may god bless nasa and the united states. [cheers and applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on monday, a total solar eclipse it will be visible from coast to coast for the first time in 99 years. our coverage begins at 7:00 am eastern with washington journal live from the goddard space flight center. in preparation, we recently spoke with an astronomer, to learn more. astronomical society eclipse task force. this task force you are a part of has been working for more than a year to prepare the american people for the total solar eclipse monday. what kind of work have you been doing?

thee got it here through eyes of nasa. we have the international space station coming up and other images that only we can bring. yes. only nasa can bring, [no audio] 10:18 this morning totalc time when that solar eclipse began in the united states. these folks in oregon were the first to see it and feel the impact. the path continued, stretching throughoast of oregon, 14 states and 3000 miles through the shores of south carolina. ended in the united states surely before 3:00 p.m. et. good afternoon with the so-called great american eclipse finished. we will take your phone calls to get your reaction to what you saw and the science of this natural phenomena. if you live in the mountain pacific part of the region. and in the eastern central. join us on twitter, @cspan, or go to facebook.com/cspan. begin dialing in summary can get your comments on that. let's go to the moment that the total solar eclipse left the united states. it happened that 2:46 p.m. eastern time and it lasted one minutes and -- one minute 36 seconds. it

at nasa headquarters. we all see what an internship can lead to. greg williams. [applause] >> good morning. you heard several references this morning to the space gateway construct and i wanted to take some time after the panel to introduce that in more detail. listed in your program as tpp. that is appropriate because it represents the work of a number of people, a team led by jim free, vanessa whiteshoes, doug craig, there are a number of folks involved in this activity and wanted to give them a shout out before we get started here. our goal as we all know and don't need to remind you is we want to go to mars, send humans to mars and do it while we are all still alive and kicking. you have seen in your program reference to the set of principles and the humans to mars report, which i found rewarding. as we set out on this journey we wanted to establish what we do with exploration, how are we going to get there? there are a couple that are particularly important particularly the bookends the fiscal realism

every 18 of april you pay for your nasa. what do one is to be and how do you want to get there from where it is today? >> actually having watched the as a child, i remember and enthusiasm. thatnk nasa is an agency has a great deal of self-doubt to they allow obstacles interrupt their thinking. rejuvenating something like that , how do we do that? you know, how do we rejuvenate something where you have that middle school pessimism? >> we need more planned projects. it produces great oxygen you don't have to pay for. >> i think an important consideration right now is that based off the fact that many of wantprojects are, i don't to say one-off, but certainly not mass-produced. given the possibility of the future on a moon it will require ofh more mass produced means getting there as well as mass-produced and varmints in which we can live so the consideration i think right now is whether we should be making the investment in lowering those costs. producingeration of many more of these then we currently have. so how to bring dow

this is a nasa photographer who took this shot. i think this is just right before the diamond ring pops up. i think we are ready to go again. we have a question that we would like to take. we have questions coming in from the eclipse viewing. what were your reactions as you are watching it? over, how was it? >> it was amazing, i got goosebumps. i can still remember watching a partial eclipse back home and puerto rico. this was amazing. total darkness that was around us was amazing. i did not know what to say. >> i was amazed by the rush how fast everything happened. then i could feel it all around me. it was very powerful. >> i am glad it was cool. it was hot. the weather, it is amazing. show thisrlier in the is my second one but sharing it with you guys this is very cool. in the seven years there is another one? >> we have another one in south america. let's start making reservations. this is certainly one for the history books. we are not done yet. the eclipse is traveling over the atlantic ocean. as we turn it to you, how far wi

. >> earlier this year nasa announced the discovery of 7 xo planets. next we'll show you the news conference talking about the findings. it's 40 minutes. >> good afternoon i'm felicia chow and we're live here. world outside of our solar system. we'll answer questions from those in the studio and on the phone and on social media to ask the question via social media please use #ask nasa. today's participants are thomas associate administrator at nasa headquarters in washington. mchale astronomer at the belgium. shaun kerry manager of nasa spitzer science center in pasadena california. sarah seager professor of planetary science in massachusetts technology in cambridge and carl lewis and with that, thomas can you start us off with what the big news of the day is? >> thanks so much. look i've been associate administrator for close to five months and i've just been in awe and am today. we're changing people's lives every day and we launch into space and we know we stretch our information and inspire every day. and today's story is just that. i'm excited to

nasa is sending up a couple of jet with special cameras hoping to get 29,000 images. sandra osborne, kpix 5 . >> the partial eclipse will start just a 9:00 a.m. peeking around 10:15 and it will be all over after 11:30. i think michelle is wearing the perfect close with the yellow and these glasses. >> i wanted to be the sun and you could be the one blocking. >> that is what this color is. [ laughter ] we work together properly. we had so many invitations from schools inviting us to participate today and it is so difficult but it is still a learning curve for many of the kids. i remember the last partial eclipse we had in 2012 and that treating works. we have so many tips and you can visit us at www.cbssf.com for more information on that but most notably today is the weather watchers because they can tell me where it is clear and where it is not. in san francisco they are socked in and antioch is a great place to watch the cell eclipse. it is now partly cloudy in santa rosa. livermore is cloudy and san jose is cloudy. the best places to go is far inland to the east and

it has a nasa camera and looks back at the earth. with that image we can capture images of the moon moving across the continent as the eclipse occurs. we also haven't humans on board that look at the sun and monitor the solar output -- we also have cameras that look at the sun and monitor the solar output and make us aware of what is coming at us from the solar environment. we will learn more about that. newest next generation go 16 satellite, you may have heard your meteorologist around the country raving of it. it has incredible capability. probably the most advanced instrument ever developed for monitoring the weather on the earth. it is currently in testing, launched in november and is going through a series of tests. go into operation until next november but in the meantime we will use its capability to monitor the eclipse as it occurs. in developing the scanning strategy, we hope to have 32nd images of the lunar shadow on the earth as it moves across the earth. go 16 is also armed with a new instrument. a high-resolution camera

they do have the nasa screen on. you should have enough time to get out here.>> now let's go to the nasa's ames research center with lydia.>> reporter: lots of excitement here at the nasa's ames research center . scientists and researches -- researchers are inside. many people are prepared in their lawn chairs. show our kron4 viewers your glasses. why did they do the plate with the glasses?>> because for kids they peek out the sides. so they did that for extra protection.>> reporter: why did you decide to come here? >> what better place to watch and eclipse then at nasa. we are from santa cruz and we knew that the fog would not clear in time.>> reporter: you came prepared with your lawn chairs.>> yes. we are all friends. i got a last-minute invite and i came to enjoy the eclipse. >> reporter: how hard was it to get a spot?>> i wouldn't know. my friend got tickets online quickly.>> the kids are super excited. you can't tell, but they are really excited. >> reporter: show me your box. show me how to use it. that's how

nasa has a space flight center. what do you have? >> doing, we are just as excited as you are, we are here in the le, and- a eclipsevil getting ready. it is starting to look darker already and we are joined by a nasa planetary scientists to read >> it is great to be here, i wanted say thank you to the city of hopkinsville for having us out here on this beautiful farm in kentucky. of fun. a lot the light is starting to fade and the excitement is getting bigger. we are all at the point of the greatest of clips here in hopkinsville. >> the point of greatest eclipse is the point in the axis the access-- of the moon's shadow is pointed directly towards the earth. >> exactly, that shadow will be more circular here than anywhere else in the country, right? >> exactly. we are so close, it is incredible. >> yes, this is amazing. we cannot wait, we have our glasses out and we have been looking, you can see it on the screen, our life telescope view and this is just amazing. everybody is really enjoying it. we have people from all over kentucky

estamos solamente la nasa y los realistas. aquÍ, se alinean perfectamente la luna y el sol a la una. en el fondo, estÁ este granero dÓnde se eligiÓ... hace 10 aÑos platicaron los de la nasa para comenzar a planear lo que se harÍa este día. es muy interesante lo que estÁ pasando. carolina: nos piden si nos permiten ver en la rededor de dÓnde te encuentras, para ver el ambiente que se vive en este momento en kentucky. pedro: asÍ es. reprimas el camarÓgrafo que gire la cÁmara. no hay mucho mÁs que la prensa, satÉlites y telescopios de la nasa. podemos ver la gente que estÁ llegando. estarán a las afueras a lo largo del camino. es una poblaciÓn de 30,000 personas, pero para este fin de semana se llegarÍan alrededor de 40,000 personas. es un festival interesante. se da un fenÓmeno adicional. el 21 de agosto de 1955, para esta misma fecha, a las afueras de este pueblo, se aparecieron unos extraterrestres. eso ha atraÍdo muchas mÁs personas porque dicen que no puede ser coincidencia. de si el eclipse tiene que ve

. >> with nasa i think there is some frustration it was by a retired so some of the companies wanted to do their own thing. so there was suddenly a rivalry but until recently there was cooperation with these private space companies they aren't a business model yet. with those multibillion-dollar contracts putting astronauts up into orbit and the money is important to them. and hasn't been able to over six shears. -- years also nasa tries to be more nimble not that that love will love space-x but the micro satellites so nasa is trying to learn and rollout of punches. >> host: you mentioned the university?. >> yes we have been contacted twice to be at the launch itself that goes to the martian polar region that will snag an asteroid. >> beyond a teacher in space to write about that. >> so to get the glitter is your eye is a valuable commodity. that happens to be coming year the you could capture with to a trillion dollars worth of precious metals those a revival of the semiconductor industry with those that are out there and available how you tether them into a safe for a bit then harv

events going on with the nasa. that is how you were able to get here. >> the information they put out the various apps and website and preparation. they put a lot into it. at home we are recording their feet. they have been wonderful and accommodating. we are really lucky that we have nasa. and we can have access to all of this amazing. not only science the beautiful minds. the people were fantastic. she threw in symbolic -- bonnie tyler. >> that is the theme for this eclipse. we are live in the silicon valley.>>> incredible view around the bay. the temperature dropped was a noticeable thing. people on the bay area says it feels like january right now. the clouds of gotten darker for a lot of people. there is the view from big summit prairie oregon. already past totality. the moon is starting to make its way off the face of the sun as far as our view on earth. >> a lot of sunshine in mountain view. in fremont he has been at the library. with a bunch of people. you are looking skyward. do you see it? these glasses c

through the eyes of nasa. let's continue. these are going to be pre-recorded views from a high altitude. soaring high above the clouds that could potentially block the view of the eclipse. long-range aircraft. high altitude research. let's go to the pre-recorded views. >> yeah. yeah. here,t are we seeing alex? >> we are looking at these specially-fitted cameras. they are on the nose cone of a 757. designed to look at the corona and look at mercury. they are taking thousands of images every minute and processing this data to give us a view. up there at 50,000 feet, it is 20 to 30 times darker than it is here. there is a lot less scattered light. this is a unique opportunity as those two planes fly, they give us about a or more minutes of the view of the corona. the other thing we're looking at is because they are so high up, it is very cold. that allows them to take infrared observations. in this case, mercury is very close to the sun. temperature range as mercury is rotating. see what is going on elsewhere. highlightxcited to

earlier this year nasa xo ounced the discovery of 7 planets. ext we'll show you the news conference talking about the findings. it's 40 minutes. felicia fternoon i'm here.nd we're live world outside of our solar system. we'll answer questions from those in the studio and on the media to asksocial the question via social media nasa. use #ask oday's participants are thomas associate administrator at nasa washington. in chale astronomer at the belgium. nasa kerry manager of spitzer science center in california. arah seager professor of planetary science in in achusetts technology cambridge and carl lewis and that, thomas can you start us off with what the big news of is? day >> thanks so much. ook i've been associate administrator for close to five awehs and i've just been in and am today. changing people's lives every day and we launch into we know we stretch our information and inspire every day. is just that.ory 'm excited to announce this team has used our space there's 7 o discover earth size planets near the one years away.t once more as you

this is nasa television. if i play over the viewfinder of my ipad can i successfully video the eclipse? >> shepard: i would consult the google on this matter. nasa, can the international space station see shadows of the moon move across north america from space? if you are interested, you can see the dow is up 849. that's where it's going, you can show that over there if you wan want. that's the path, we are going to have a full day of it in for now we have reporters all across the country and trace gallagher is out. >> i was stuck inside, i've been kind of tied to the camera. jonathan hunt was the kind of ringleader for the whole thing, they go outside, get five or six people to cut back in, and of course we are on the west side of los angeles in southern california. we are and kind of a bad position, being in the line of the total eclipse anyway but then we have the marine layer here in southern california. you may see a little bit of blurry but you can only see the total eclipse. you are better off packing

is there room for me there at nasa?. >> there is room for everyone. now says education and to inspire this technology so i don't know what opportunities are available right now. we haven't seen. >>. >> what is your name?. >> basal. >> do you want to go to jupiter? [laughter] >> would you want to go to jupiter?. >> yes. >> why? because it is big? what else? has a lot going on. we have a craft going around jupiter right now so go to the nasa web site and find out what to know is to regulate that. thank you for your question. >> aid future rocket scientist right there. >> can you describe the first eight 1/2 minutes of your first mission? i will start three and a half hours before if you get into the vehicle 3-1/2 hours before you now sit in the vehicle all of your notebooks and your flight data file. the main engines ignite then that comes forward to have these explosives holding down those entire pack of solid rocket boosters they are all connected together. those are broken apart. so i end in of back right to make sure they all work properly but and w

aquÍ de acuerdo a la nasa estaba programado que fuera la mayor... el mayor lapso de tiempo, dos minutos con 40 segundos todavÍa no conocemos ese dato oficial como la nasa ha estado trasmitiendo desde este lugar. por supuesto que todo esto acerca de los extraterrestres va a salir con la gente que estuvo observando en las cercanÍas y vinieron a eso. recordamos que esta aparente apariciÓn de extraterrestres se dio para un 21 de agosto pero de 1955 entonces los seguidores del fenÓmeno ovni vinieron a este lugar atraÍdos por ambas cosas. fue una sensaciÓn maravillosa. a mÍ me tocÓ presenciar recuerdo... ustedes estaban gateando en aquella Época, yo tenÍa 10 aÑos cuando en le 1979 y recuerdo, yo vivÍa en una pequeÑa poblaciÓn del norte de mÉxico y vimos lo de los animales; las gallinas, los gallos que inmediatamente tendieron a subir a sus lugares y pronto salieron nuevamente, eso se sintiÓ acÁ, fue una sensaciÓn maravillosa el poder quitarnos los lentes y ver directamente al sol y a la luna unidos Únicamente observando esa corona. fÉl

eastern with "washington journal," live from nasa's spaceflight center. at noon, we will simulcast nasa tv as the eclipse makes its way across the country. we recently spoke with an astronomer to learn more. >> professor angela speck is a cochair of the american astronomical society eclipse task force. this task force you are a part of has been working for more than a year to prepare the american people for the total solar eclipse monday. what kind of work have you been doing? angela: we convened about three years ago and really, to make sure people realized what was going to happen. when you start saying there is going to be this mass migration of people on all the towns that see the total eclipse, people look at you funny. our job has been to work with every aspect of this, whether emergency services, departments of transport, tourism and business, all that sort of thing as well as educational. it is such an education opportunity that we want to be able to make sure teachers are ready, that we make the most of this, and that everyone is safe, because th

it's fine i think i don't all ignore other to ignore that ignore the evil things nasa or citibank are doing or i care there's tons of for you to ignore all right you could figure it out on your i don't have anything you. say to those the behind the scenes at c.n.n. are. making of things the media is ignoring nasa just announced that last month was the hottest july i am the hottest month ever on record in unrelated news g.q. has announced a new trend in business attire for next month it's just a necktie i yeah and for below the waist it's also just a necktie i. really. really bad outfit it's a microaggression. we have to go to a quick break but i have live comedy shows coming up in seattle and washington d.c. and you can now vote for your city to be added to the tour just go to redacted tor dot com it only takes thirty seconds to vote will be right back.

and nasa just let astronauts take home stuff from their missions? >> that tended to happen quite a bit more up and through the end of the apollo period. astronauts often took home memorabilia. afterwards, shuttle astronauts had to give everything back. >> for example, those cameras from the mercury missions. >> the first astronaut to take one to space was wally schirra on his mercury mission. he was an amateur photographer, and they got some more in order to train with them and then, of course, take them to space. >> how important was photography in space? >> it's really fundamental to everything that we understand as people who can't go their ourselves. it's a tremendous value to scientists who started to study weather from space. so, this is kind of the early phases of learning about the earth. >> now they're sought after by collectors, some selling for six figures. so, looking to provide shelly a cash cushion and a crash course in selling space memorabilia, rick cigel asks his friend, a new hampshire auction executive, bobby livingston to unload

congress directed nasa to get humans near or on the surface in the 2030's. lisa fletcher for "full measure." sharyl: a u.s. missile test to check the threat of a north korean attack. we check on the program that's had its share of failures. sharyl: north korea's ongoing missile tests and ever-growing threat to target the u.s. with nuclear weapons prompted the latest pentagon test to shoot down incoming missiles. the launch was from california's vandenberg air force base to intercept a simulated missile "threat" launched from the pacific marshall islands. it was successful. but there are a few reasons to question the reliability of the safety net. since 2004, the interceptors have failed to hit and destroy target warheads in 6 out of 10 flight tests. coming up next week on "full measure." mri's are a powerful tool to diagnose and track disease. but there's concern that the contrast dyes sometimes used may be deadly for some. chuck noris and his wife had to confront an opponent he couldn't fight. she says when she came out of the room in the hospital, you took

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