about a minute away from the launch of the spacex mission. the latest attempt last night was canceled because of stormy weather conditions. you are taking a look at the spacex dragon cargo carrier. this is being put on the falcon nine rocket and will launch from cape canaveral. this cargo carrier of moreing supplies than 5000 pounds. this launch has been canceled multiple times in the past because of stormy weather, but it it actually goes ahead, this will be the first time the same dragon has gone on a third trip to space. very significant moment when it comes to the reusability of these rockets. and i believe this rocket as well has been used once before. it was going to be used .esterday the count was aborted 29 seconds before liftoff. here we go. here's the count. 0.3, 2, 1, it mission. liftoff. ignition. liftoff. paul: the falcon nine rocket with that dragon capsule, on its third trip to the international space station now. 2270 kilograms of cargo on board if you like the metric measurement. 250 experiments, experiments on how to culture

the spacex ones are about 220. people very much focus on a satellite. but a satellite is not a unit of measure. it is like a base station. it can be bigger or smaller with more or less capabilities. in your segment, you talked about us bringing down the satellite cost to $1 million per satellites. you have to remember, it used to be that satellites would cost about $150 million to $200 and be these big things. million what we've done is taking advantage of all the advances in electronics, from the smartphones and miniaturization and applied an industrial approach. which is to say that we are doing this on an assembly line. we have factories opening in cape canaveral on july 22. and so that is coming down to $1 million per satellite is a big, big deal. emily: elon musk has tweeted the thousands already in orbit, people see the satellite 0% of the time approximately. that said, what about the concerns from astronomers about space pollution? adrian: the most important thing is collisions and being responsible in space. i think one aspect is the visibility.

it's an insane honor. -- >> to be sure since its founding in 2002 spacex is the first private company to launch, orbit and recover the space craft and watch its historic recovery of an orbital rocket's first stage landing safely on an ocean platform. >> falcon has cleared the tower. >> there's also been a number of setbacks along the way. musk often uses the expression rapid reusability. why he argues should rockets make only one trip. >> like an aircraft, when it lands you only expect to refuel it, maybe replace water and food. clean it out. >> exactly. >> it's minor. the normal expectation is you can reply the plane very rapidly and turn it around in an hour and fly somewhere else. this is what needs to happen with rockets. >> elon musk is it not the only billionaire thinking big. richard branson's gall actic for commercial space flights for tourists and amazon has blue origin in hopes of building space colonies. >> i think it's good what he's doing. >> and musk isn't only thinking big, he's thinking fast. >> regular trips to the space station. >> to launch a crew to the space stati

spacex has a huge valuation, it is much higher. it is a private valuation, so that is different, but i think it is somewhere around $30 billion. they have billions and billions of dollars in government contracts. the company is well positioned. blue origin obviously has the pocketbook of one of the world's richest people or the world's richest man. so those companies have nothing to worry about. that said, branson, obviously, is a wonderful marketer. being public and having that additional outlet for his, sort of doing his thing, will probably help the company. emily: bloomberg businessweek's max chafkin. still ahead, a sky full of satellites. companies already filling our orbit with plans to launch thousands more satellites to bring internet to everyone. but how will they clean up after them? that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: you think in today's day and age, everyone would be online. but that is just not the case. according to the u.n., 4 billion people worldwide lack reliable internet access. and companies like amazon

now, behind me, spacex, one of those corporations, is actually building a starship which they intend to go to mars. to be honest, i'm quite surprised we got this close and can actually see it because corporations like this are normally very secretive about this kind of stuff. so, wow. and i was right to be wary. turns out this is only a prototype that will be used for testing. the real starship‘s being built elsewhere. while spacex, owned by billionaire elon musk, in the meantime continues to launch rockets from kennedy space centre like this, carrying satellites on behalf of the us air force amongst others. command engine start. one, two... and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i think? when people start making lots of money by providing tourism in

spacex won the lease for this site, by the way, over the protests of blue origin, in 2014, elon musk's upstart signed a 20-year lease. and since then, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into this launch pad and made some history of its own. it really speaks to the rise of commercial space, when we talk about then, apollo 50 years ago, and now and this entrepreneurial space age that we are on the cusp of entering we're going to talk about that throughout "squawk alley" over the next hour. it's something you don't want to miss so stay tuned >> all right, morgan can't wait when we come back in the meantime, elon musk, jeff bezos, richard branson, what about the space billionaires that you've never heard of morgan will tell us about them, so do not go anywhere. dow's up5. 7 of savings and service. whoa. travis in it made it. it's amazing. oh is that travis's app? it's pretty cool, isn't it? there's two of them. they're multiplying. no, guys, its me. see, i'm real. i'm real! he thinks he's real. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. >>> while elon musk's spacex and jeff bez

behind me, spacex, one of those corporations, is actually building a starship which they intend to go to mars. to be honest, i'm surprised we got this close to actually see it because corporations like this are normally very secretive about this kind of stuff. and i was right to be wary. turns out this is only a prototype that will be used for testing. the real starship's being built elsewhere. while spacex, owned by billionaire l mask, continues to launch rockets from kennedy space center like this, carrying rockets in behalf of the us air force amongst others —— billionaire and two. and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, and was on‘s just pays us. in the world, and was on‘s just pays us. we are fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for hughes is others trying to outcompete one anotherfor hughes is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism is of the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i think? when peopl

now, behind me, spacex, one of those corporations, is actually building a starship which they intend to go to mars. to be honest, i'm quite surprised we got this close and can actually see it because corporations like this are normally very secretive about this kind of stuff. so, wow. and i was right to be wary. turns out this is only a prototype that will be used for testing. the real starship's being built elsewhere. while spacex, owned by billionaire elon musk, in the meantime continues to launch rockets from kennedy space center like this, carrying satellites on behalf of the us air force amongst others. command engine start. two, one... and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. trying to outcompete one another for whose is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i

now, behind me, spacex, one of those corporations, is actually building a starship which they intend to go to mars. to be honest, i'm quite surprised we got this close and can actually see it because corporations like this are normally very secretive about this kind of stuff. so, wow. and i was right to be wary. turns out this is only a prototype that will be used for testing. the real starship‘s being built elsewhere. while spacex, owned by billionaire elon musk, in the meantime continues to launch rockets from kennedy space centre like this, carrying satellites on behalf of the us air force amongst others. command engine start. one, two... and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue 0rigin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i think? when people start making lots of money by providing tourism in

and spacex talks about this a lot as well. this idea is probably more five to ten years away for virgin galactic they're going to focus on the space tourism right now, but hypersonic would be a bigger market because in that same ubs report, they estimated it in the same timeframe that point to point space travel or hypersonics, would be a $20 billion market compared to space tourism's 3 billion market >> i think of total addressable market how many people are really willing to pay that much to get into space and mow much if any is a recurring business transaction. once you have gone, you're done. >> there are always new people to do that >> that's a great point because on top of that, i mean, 600 people, and they haven't even begun business, have signed on for this that's a pretty amazing demand already, and if they actually prove this out and start flying people regularly, i mean, talking thousands of people willing to pay that very, very large price tag. >> so where is all this money going to come from to fuel the space race

emily: spacex is one moonshot and tesla is another. if you talk to tesla owners, they love their cars. they don't care about cash flow and elontability musk's tweets, but wall street does. diving after hours, do you think the profitability issue is a near-term problem or long-term problem? >> i actually think it is both, for tesla in particular. clearly near-term is an issue and this is a reflection again of model three becoming a bigger percentage of their total sales, and those cars simply make less money, not surprisingly, then the higher-end cars. longer-term, that issue remains. yes, they have new models coming out here they have talked about a pickup truck and some other interesting opportunities. the model y is coming, but it again is on the lower end. not sure where the pickup will fall, but i think it will be lower as well. is there enough momentum and juice to keep tesla as a brand going? they are a very loved brand. the question is can they maintain that moving into other areas? paul: bob o'donnell, we have to leave it there

this is spacex's third feat. spacex is in a fast and furious race with china. china as an i space. china put up its first satellite into orbit. elon musk and jeff bay dose in the private aerospace market duke it out with china. let's get to the blockbuster democrats answering the wake-up call on what's going on in d.c. there are major developments out of washington. we have all the angles covered for you. chad pergram is in the capitol and edward lawrence has more. reporter: within the last hour 15 minutes the house passed the debt ceiling and budget package. right before that vote president trump touting the economy and an america's workers event. listen. president trump: from other presidents and prime ministers and kings and queens. they all say they want to come back to the united states. we are the hottest economy in the world pant hottest place in the world. reporter: he says he has commitments for up to 12 million workers to get retrained. president trump urged republicans to get on board saying house republicans should support the budget agreement which greatly helps our mi

now, behind me, spacex, one of those corporations, is actually building a starship which they intend to go to mars. to be honest, i'm quite surprised we got this close and can actually see it because corporations like this are normally very secretive about this kind of stuff. so, wow. and i was right to be wary. turns out this is only a prototype that will be used for testing. the real starship's being built elsewhere. while spacex, owned by billionaire elon musk, in the meantime continues to launch rockets from kennedy space center like this, carrying satellites on behalf of the us air force amongst others. command engine start. two, one... and spacex aren't the only players in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal is to try to make sure we have these billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two. i think when people start making lots of money by providing touris

spacex had its capsule blow up. what is the status of that investigation and do you think we will have a flight this year? jim: i don't want to comment on whether or not we will get that flight complete this year. i do not know at this point. i am being honest. i have always said we are going to launch this year. you obviously already covered the fact that we are having changes at the top of human exploration operation. that is because we have challenges with cost and schedule. we are committed to commercial crew. we need to launch american astronauts from american rockets on american soil and we need to do it as soon as possible. i will also tell you that we had two very dissimilar rockets and two very dissimilar capsules with two commercial crew providers. what does that mean? i want the american people to know. what that means is we are launching to low earth orbit to the international space station without nasa owning all of the hardware. which has been the tradition. instead, we are buying a service from a comm

boeing had problems with its spacecraft, spacex had its capsule blow up. what is the status of that investigation, and do you think we will have a slight issue? jim: i don't want to comment on whether or not we will get that flight complete this year. i honestly don't know at this point. and i'm being honest. i have always said we are going to launch this year. you obviously already covered the fact that we are having changes at the top of human exploration operation. that is because we have challenges with cost and schedule. i will tell you this, we are committed to commercial crews. we need to make it a go. we need to launch american astronauts from american soil. we need to do it as soon as possible. i will also tell you that we have two very dissimilar rockets and two very dissimilar capsules with two commercial crew providers. what does that mean? i want the american people to know because i know you guys are space experts, what that means is we are launching to the international space station without nasa, purchasing, owning, and operating all of the

spacex has that pad, ours is just around the corner, 39 b, look at this work done, these platforms, we decided this time to do something different. instead of may be platforms for just one rocket, we made platforms that can configure to a number of rockets, maybe they change in size, width or height ilg. they have move up and down, and move in and out. if there are changes in the rockets they can make the platforms move. brian: amazing. darrel thank you for being the mvp for my tour. >> you got it. brian: we are wrapping up here, i am moving fo to swamp works. >> a neat place they work on next generation technology to use resources of moon so our astronauts can live and work there. brian: our theory is we went take everything they need, so they will make what they have work for them. >> right. brian: this is a huge door, is there anyway i can close it on the way out. their is a button. >> don't do, that we'll take care of that. you could get in trouble. >> right. >> then you would get in trouble. >> i would. brian: we would all be in trouble. >> yep. >> what magic are you working here.

it launched atop the spacex falcon 9 rocket. it was the 18th mission of its kind for elon musk's company and it was the first time the dragon capsule was reused for a third trip to space. >>> one of the largest annual food extravaganzas is understood way this weekend. the garlic festival kicked off yesterday morning in gilroy. the festival started in 1979 promoting gilroy as the garlic capital of the world. it runs through sunday. >>> up to 20,000 runners will hit the streets of san francisco for the annual marathon. the 26.2-mile course will take them through the precidio, across the golden gate and back and through golden gate park before finally returning to the start along the embarcadero, half marathoners can choose to run the northern or southern half of the course but they won't cross the bridge. closures will be in place. if you are driving in san francisco, good luck, plan ahead and give yourself some time. >>> and darren peck joining us on the weekend. so, first and foremost, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> and now

difficult to calculate the cost of spacex launches, for example. how much does it cost now to launch a single satellite, and how much will that cost come down in the future? >> one of the things that has been exciting as the launch cost has come way down. we locked in our 22 launches. we did that a couple years ago, and we know that from then to now, the launch costs have come down about 30%. rockets are getting bigger. that means that they can carry more satellites. they are more secure, so we are looking for that trend to continue, and that enables a lot more satellites to be launched. atso, you are seeing cube set go farther. ours are not cube sats. ofatellite is not a unit measure. it's like a base station. it could be bigger or smaller with more or less capability. in your segment, you talk about bringing down the satellite cost to one million dollars per satellite. you've got to remember that it used to be that satellites would cross about $150 million to $200 million and be these big things. we have taken advantage of all the advances in ele

does this give virgin galactic an advantage over spacex or blue origin? more flex ability, visibility? max: i don't think so especially. spacex is a higher valuation. i think it is somewhere around $30 billion. they've got billions and billions of dollars in government contracts. that company is well-positioned. blue origin has the pocketbook of one of the worlds -- the world's richest men. those companies have nothing to worry about. branson obviously is a wonderful marketer. i think being public and having that additional outlet for his sort of doing his thing will probably help the company. emily: look, branson, bezos, musk, they all said they would personally go into space as well. branson had said he is going to space this year and he kind of waffled a little bit, might look into next year, but i don't know. is that going to be the test? max: branson has probably more credibility and that he has done all kinds of weird stunts in his career. you kind of believe at some point he will be the test pilot. although, i think one thing we have learned tracki

stepped foot on the moon the apollo 11 mission, cinched america's dominance in space >>> companies like spacex using rockets to go into orbit >> now has come the time for us to make the next giant leap and return american astronauts to the moon. >> nasa's new program is artemis. it would send americans back in five years, a fete that can only be achieved with the private sector we're in an entrepreneurial space race. >> we've gone to 476 companies today, they've raised 22 billion of equity capital. >> one startup, astro bottic. >> it's a railroad to the moon. >> it builds robotic landers, it has almost $100 million in contracts, including nasa. >> we offer nasa an opportunity to fly payloads to the surface of the moon. that's going to open the doors wide open to scientists and explorers and developers all over the country and the world to begin to understand the moon in much better ways. >> it's just one example companies are focussing on everything from rockets to moon mining to has been at a times. blue origin has spent the last several years developing its own lander, blue moon. another exa

elon musk was just at the beginning of spacex. it was going on but it was niche. having this happen, a privately held space company go public, is a big deal. virgin galactic has had test pilots in space. they have had humans there which is different from jeff bezos and elon musk. the kind of travel we are talking about is not like going to the moon. it is like going to space for a few minutes. just to the edge of space, experiencing weightlessness and coming down. it is in between a trip on the soyuz and the idea where you take a 747 and divebomb. emily: for the tower of terror at disneyland. how does this give them advantage over blue origin or spacex? more flexibility, more visibility? max: i don't think especially. it is somewhere around $30 billion, they have billions of dollars in government contracts cex. spaet blue origin has the world's richest man. branson is a wonderful marketer. being public and having that additional outlet for his, sort of doing his thing, will probably help the company. emily: a sky full of satellites. launches plan to thousands more

spacex is the orbatable side of thing, so is boeing. both of those companies got the green light from nasa to bring private astronauts to the international space station as soon as next year. >>> turning to boeing. new numbers out for the month of june phil >> we did not see a good month in terms of orders for the 737 max, which has been grounded since the middle of the march, in june no new orders for 737 max. that means three straight months with zero orders for the plane the bag log has dropped by three planes that's the order side of the business on the delivery side, look at thousand things have slowed down just 113, 737s were built. their deliveries way off compared to last year in the first half of 2017 why is that important? look at shares of boeing versus air bus. air bus out with order and delivery numbers today, air bus is on pace for the first time in seven years to deliver more commercial airplanes than boeing and that partially explains the split between the two stocks there in the last month and a half >> thank you >>> we

. >>> come up next on "today in the bay" another successful launch for spacex and nasa. why this payload may shed new light at the smallest of levels on the international space station. >>> apple is going straight to the source. the key piece of intel that may change the future of the iphone. >>> and taking a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. vianey is in for mike this morning keeping check on the morning commute. we'll check in with her and of course kari with the forecast. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street could open up in the green this morning despite ending thursday's session lower. stocks fell on thursday on concerns the fed may not be as aggressive in cutting rates next week but today, investor also get a first read on second quarter gdp and will also be watching eminent earnings results from mcdonald's and twitter. >>> apple announcing its plans to buy intel's wireless chip unit for $1 billion. 2,200 intel employee also join apple at a ti

the spacex castle that blew up, we are part of that investigation. certainly, i believe it is possible we could get those missions launched this year. .e are working towards that they will say that we can do that. as a nasa administrator i want to make sure that before i go forward with what the launch date will be that we know for sure that these vehicles will be safe. that is what we are intending to do, 100%. our astronauts are the highest priority. bridenstine joining us for this conversation. that.to follow up on they had a successful test flight to the station in march, an accident in april. there has been a lot of criticism about the lack of openness. what is nasa doing to address those concerns? that largely comes from me as well. this is a new era in spaceflight. nasa is a customer. we are in fact a partner at the same time. we are working side-by-side with commercial capability that eventually we will have customers that are not nasa. anomaly, there was that can't happen again. i talked to the ceo. americans are investing in this commercial

rival billionaires, elon musk, founder of spacex, and jeff bezos, who owns blue origin, are racing to populate the moon and mars. but what kind of person would actually be on these spacecraft? the first people to go to mars will be risk—taking adventurers, accepting that they may have one—way tickets, one with a small chance of return and they will be probably financed or sponsored by one of these private companies. at nasa, we discovered a little—known department where these risk—taking adventurers live. right now, there are four astronauts inside a spacecraft on a mission to phobos, one of mars‘s two moons. whispers: but they're actually in there. yes, in this tiny habitat, volunteers are locked away for 45 days on a simulated mission, with cameras and scientists monitoring their every move. this is nasa's human exploration research analogue. hera for short. inside the module, the crew is poked and prodded in different psychological experiments, from sleep deprivation to diminished privacy, all to fine—tune a critical component that could make or break any future mission

spacex, which have contracts with the government, it feels more on firm footing. jon: fascinating to watch. thank you for breaking it down for us. a quick reminder, you can catch all of our interviews on bloomberg with the function tv . from toronto and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: minority leader chuck schumer and a growing list of democrats say that the labor secretary should resign because of his role in a 2008 please wealthyt let a financier escape prison time for allegedly molesting dozens of teenage girls. acosta was a federal prosecutor when he was involved in a secret 2008 please deal that let jeffrey epstein avoid federal charges of that could have resulted in a life sentence. jeffrey epstein was charged in any federal indictment on monday, accusing him of sexually abusing dozens of teenage under age girls. >> epstein was reportedly a regular at the mar-a-lago club for years. the president needs to answer for this and i do not recall is not an acceptable answer in this case, particularly since president trump appointed mr. acosta. to such a

rival billionaires, elon musk, founder of spacex, and jeff bezos, who owns blue 0rigin, are racing to populate the moon and mars. but what kind of person would actually be on these spacecraft? the first people to go to mars will be risk—taking adventurers, accepting that they may have one—way tickets, one with a small chance of return and they will be probably financed or sponsored by one of these private companies. at nasa, we discovered a little—known department where these risk—taking adventurers live. right now, there are four astronauts inside a spacecraft on a mission to phobos, one of mars‘s two moons. whispers: but they're actually in there. yes, in this tiny habitat, volunteers are locked away for 45 days on a simulated mission, with cameras and scientists monitoring their every move. this is nasa's human exploration research analogue. hera for short. inside the module, the crew is poked and prodded in different psychological experiments, from sleep deprivation to diminished privacy, all to fine—tune a critical component that could make or break any future mission

does this give virgin galactic an advantage over spacex or blue origin? more flexibility, visibility? max: i don't think so especially. spacex is a higher valuation. i think it is somewhere around $30 billion. they've got billions and billions of dollars in government contracts. that company is well-positioned. blue origin has the pocketbook of one of the world's richest -- the world's richest man. those companies have nothing to worry about. branson obviously is a wonderful marketer. i think being public and having that additional outlet for his sort of doing his thing will probably help the company. emily: look, branson, bezos, musk, they all said they would personally go into space as well. branson had said he is going to space this year and he kind of waffled a little bit, might look into next year, but i don't know. is that going to be the test? max: branson has probably more credibility and that he has done all kinds of weird stunts in his career. you kind of believe at some point he will be the test pilot. although, i think one thing we have learne

spacex is 220 size. people focus on a satellite. it is not a unit of measure. it can be bigger or smaller with more or less capabilities. in your segment, you talked about us bringing down the satellite cost to $1 million for satellite -- you have to remember, it used to be that satellites would cost $150 million to $200 million. what we've done is taking advantage of all the advances in electronics, from smartphones them and applied an industrial approach. which is to say that we are doing this on an assembly line. we have factories opening in cape canaveral, july 22. so that is coming down to $1 million per satellite, is a really big deal. emily: elon musk has said, people see the satellite 0% of the time approximately. that said, what about the concerns from astronomers about space pollution? adrian: the most important thing beinglisions and responsible in space. one aspect is visibility. our satellites are at a higher altitude, 1200 kilometers versus their satellites are at 550. so ours are not visible. the other thing you have to pay attention to when work

they'll be competing of course th entrepreneurs like spacex's elon musk who says he will fly humans to mars by that year. so what will a new lunar mission look like and what is nasa's role in the global space race? we'll talk about that and more on today's program including a look at some of the hundreds of pounds of moon rocks. but first, here's a look at today's headlines. eat d humiditys locked in across the central and eastern states, and there is noe relief in the st until monday. in new york city, the heat index, a cbination of temperature and humidity, was more than 100 degrees most of the day.ts major evere cancelled, including a concert in central park, the new york city triathlon, and a 50th anniversary times square celebration of the apollo 11 landing. even the famous coney island boardwalk offered little relief. >> it's hot. we had to go get in the sprinklers to cool ourselves down, to finish walking. >> sreenivasan: nearly 500 cooling centers were set up around the city and public pools are staying open into the evening. >> wmade preparations a couple of days ago when we f

the spacex castle that blew up, we are part of that investigation. rapidly to make these space missions a reality. certainly, i believe it is possible we could get those missions launched this year. fact, we're working towards that. they will say that we can do that. as a nasa administrator i want to make sure that before i go forward with what the launch date will be that we know for sure that these vehicles will be safe. that is what we are intending to do, 100%. our astronauts are the highest priority. our newsmakers program, jim bridenstine joining us for this conversation. jeff: to follow up on that. had a successful test flight to the station in march, an accident in april. there has been a lot of criticism about the lack of openness. what is nasa doing to address those concerns? jim: that criticism largely comes from me as well. this is a new era in spaceflight. nasa is a customer. we are in fact a partner at the same time. we are working side-by-side with commercial capability that eventually will have customers that are not nasa. anomaly, th

you can't get blue origin or spacex. >> don't tell me that you don't believe man -- >> of course we did, 50 years ago. >> you did not believe -- >> stop, i didn't tell you you know what would be interesting? we do remotes, we go to chicago. >> oh, sure, everywhere. >> imagine from a space station. how fun would that be? "fast money" from space. >> oh, yeah. >> right >> some might argue we are already there. >> all right in argue of the moon landing anniversary our traders are bringing their own out-of-this-world stock. grasso, kick it off. >> i'm keeping the same theme. northrup grumman, on a tight leash, exit if it trades down about 314, but i think you have 15 upside from here. >> i love this music. >> my wedding song how did that work out? >> or highway to hell. >> chair woman. >> i end up going with the most moon shot thing i can think of which is bitcoin which could be spectacularly stratosphereic or burn up in the atmosphere and leaving guys at computers crying and very, very sad both of those two outcomes are possible, so just for the biggest -- the moon shot of it, bitcoin. >> i

elon musk's spacex also working on a moon mission. wh e nasa itself powers ahead with project mess. americans back on the moon in five years, bill bill build a houstlunar s.base and head to m former space shutting commander eileen collins. has walkedn on mars. who is going to be the first person on mars? will it be an american? >> reporter: but a omanned mission tars is likely 20 years or more away. the future now isn't just about nasa. it's about other countries and commercial space business. china wants to put its own people on the meanwhile, spacex and boeing will soon fly astronauts to the ace station, taking over from russia. >> it's a very sensitive joystick. >> it is. >> reporter: boeing chief assist now chris ferguson showing me the starliner. >> i really like it. >> reporter: tonight er apollo a 11 -- >> it's time to go back to the moon. this time to stay. >> reporter: the wld again has its eyes on the stars. tom costello, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >> a lot to explore out there. >>> that's "nightly news" for this ursday. news" for this ursday. th not all water i

we have some more amazing spacex video this time it shows parachute capsule recovery systems. the giant parachutes will allow manned space capsules to return to earth safely. spacex hopes to send astronauts to space and back with this technology by the end of this year space travel has come a long way since americans first landed on the moon 50 years ago. now we're looking to head back >> reporter: 50 years ago the first humans stepped foot on the moon the apollo 11 mission cinched america's dominance in space, a lead that continues but waned after the cold war's close now that is changing >> liftoff. >> reporter: companies like spacex pioneer reusable rockets that cut the price to go to orbit ushering in a new era of billionaire backed space exploration that gives americans more options nasa's new lunar program is artemis. it would send americans back in five years a feat that can only be achieved with the help of the private sector companies are focusing on everything from rockets to moon mining to habitats astrobotic has almost 1$100 million in contracts including recent aw

spacex has a ceo and president, which i think is a big contribution to that company's success. are you surprised that tesla still doesn't have somebody in that position? >> i just don't get it, right? i mean i look at this and i go why is this any different than any other car company or frankly any space company? these are really hard engineering businesses that require tremendous discipline because people's lives are in the balance, and it's super, super important as we saw in the case of boeing with the 737 max that you really need to have attention to detail top to bottom, and you need to have predictability in your manufacturing processes, and i think tesla's getting there. but it's getting there in a way that just i think causes investors an awful lot of heartburn and candidly, you know, just me as a fan of the company, it just -- it feels like it's harder to get there than it should be. >> roger, i spent a lot of time looking at autonomous vehicles down in san francisco, especially when it comes to waymo and lyft and uber. when we talk about the long-term, where do you th

spacex and boeing recently getting the green light from nasa to be able to carry quote/unquote private astronauts to the international space station as soon as next year you'll hear a lot more about this from the spacey reporter in the coming months. >> none of us wants to go on one of these flights what about you i bet you do >> absolutely, i do. >> i'm not a first when it comes to those things. morgan might be. >> space travel, no thank you. >> i want the second or third iteration of space travel. >> i have seen too many movies where things go wrong to want to - >> you mean "apollo 13." >> that was based on a real thing. >> or the avengers >> keep in mind, we talk about these companies as space start-ups. boeing has been around forever, but in general, we talk about them as space start-ups. they have been developing these technologies on a decade, going on two decades very focused on getting all of it right, and particularly those orbital flights with boeing and spacex, nasa has been overseeing their ability to send humans to space, so the fact that you could maybe potentially pay to

now, behind me, spacex, one of those corporations, is actually building a starship which they intend to go to mars. to be honest, i'm quite surprised we got this close and can actually see it because corporations like this are normally very secretive about this kind of stuff. so, wow. and i was right to be wary. turns out this is only a prototype that will be used for testing. the real starship's being built elsewhere. while spacex, owned by billionaire elon musk, in the meantime continues to launch rockets from kennedy space centre like this, carrying satellites on behalf of the us air force amongst others. command engine start. one, two... and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i think? i think when people start making lots of money by providing tour

rival billionaires, elon musk, founder of spacex, and jeff bezos, who owns blue 0rigin, are racing to populate the moon and mars. but what kind of person would actually be on these spacecraft? the first people to go to mars will be risk—taking adventurers, accepting that they may have one—way tickets, a small chance of return and they will be probably financed or sponsored by one of these private companies. at nasa, we discovered a little—known department where these risk—taking adventurers live. right now, there are four astronauts inside a spacecraft on a mission to phobos, one of mars‘s two moons. whispers: but they're actually in there. yes, in this tiny habitat, volunteers are locked away for 45 days on a simulated mission, with cameras and scientists monitoring their every move. this is nasa's human exploration research analogue. hera for short. inside the module, the crew is poked and prodded in different psychological experiments, from sleep deprivation to diminished privacy, all to fine—tune a critical component that could make or break any future mission to mars

rival billionaires, elon musk, founder of spacex, and jeff bezos, who owns blue origin, are racing to populate the moon and mars. but what kind of person would actually be on these spacecraft? the first people to go to mars will be risk—taking adventurers, accepting that they may have one—way tickets, a small chance of return and they will be probably financed or sponsored by one of these private companies. at nasa, we discovered a little—known department where these risk—taking adventurers live. right now, there are four astronauts inside a spacecraft on a mission to phobos, one of mars‘s two moons. whispers: but they're actually in there. yes, in this tiny habitat, volunteers are locked away for 45 days on a simulated mission, with cameras and scientists monitoring their every move. this is nasa's human exploration research analogue. hera for short. inside the module, the crew is poked and prodded in different psychological experiments, from sleep deprivation to diminished privacy, all to fine—tune a critical component that could make or break any future mission to mars

rival billionaires, elon musk, founder of spacex, and jeff bezos, who owns blue origin, are racing to populate the moon and mars. but what kind of person would actually be on these spacecraft? the first people to go to mars will be risk—taking adventurers, accepting that they may have one—way tickets, a small chance of return and they will be probably financed or sponsored by one of these private companies. at nasa, we discovered a little—known department where these risk—taking adventurers live. right now, there are four astronauts inside a spacecraft on a mission to phobos, one of mars‘s two moons. whispers: but they're actually in there. yes, in this tiny habitat, volunteers are locked away for 45 days on a simulated mission, with cameras and scientists monitoring their every move. this is nasa's human exploration research analogue. hera for short. inside the module, the crew is poked and prodded in different psychological experiments, from sleep deprivation to diminished privacy, all to fine—tune a critical component that could make or break any future mission to mars

like boeing, spacex is two years behind schedule with vague promises about when it will fly astronauts. >> we still haven't launched anyone yet but hopefully we will later this year and so that would definitely be the culmination of a long dream for a lot of people. >> reporter: spacex's first crew, astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley are competitive guys in a space race. >> you want to get there before ferguson? >> absolutely. >> why does that matter? >> i've played a lot of sports competitively and i have no problem with a little healthy competition. and i think it's better. it makes you better and it makes him better and it makes both companies better and in the end who benefits? the country. you know we get redundant access to space. >> redun assistant space access. a competition between companies and spacebar rons who own them. rockets flying tourists. that's a giant leap from the footprints apollo 11 left behind 50 years ago today. >> the only reason we can do the things we can do today is because we are, in fact, andingn th s of hat mak isill team t the amazing>> repornd the

we have spacex and blue arjun. companiesny private that are working on getting to .he moon this is something that the united states taxpayer i think will enjoy. and so we've got a lot of these people that are there at johnson and all around the country. i have been to many of their facilities and i think it's going to be a real shot in the arm. the president keeps talking about private public partnerships and there can be no greater one then what we are seeing with commercial cargo. we are going to start launching american astronauts from american soil on american rockets very very soon. we don't have to buy tickets at $80 million a pop from the russians. it is something america needs to stay in the race because as i said, if we don't do it our adversaries will. and there are resources to be gained. nasa is a civilian nonmilitary agency our competitors for instance the chinese space agency is a military one. in their space program actually enhances, this extends the war fighting domain into the space. and who contr

in the decade since the moon landing, spacex has shifted to private companies, like spacex and blue origin competing. earlier this week, i sat down with astro teller, head of alphabet's x lab, where he is looking for google's next moonshot. we asked him about the anniversary of the moon landing. here is more on this conversation. astro: the biggest impact that nasa has had on this country is not that a few people stood on the surface of the moon. it's the multiple generations of young people who were meaningfully inspired to change their lives and to spend time on technology with aspiration to make the world better because of nasa. that's the real legacy of the moon landing, not competing with the soviets or exactly how much thrust came from a saturn v rocket. literally in the history books, and it turns out not to matter much. but, the inspiration they created -- and a lot of these sort of side effects that were learned along the way, everything from velcro to wearable ekg's, an incredible number of things came out of the effort to put somebody on the moon. it showed that optimism can get

they face stiff competition from spacex and blue origin. >>> and let's get a check of this tuesday afternoon forecast with mary. >> okay. and you can see a live look with the sales force tower camera. patches of blue out there. the clouds starting to break up. this is looking east at the bay bridge. and now the temperatures. so low 70s from concord and santa rosa. 60 in oakland. upper 60s liver mosh. upper 60s in san francisco and san jose. the satellite and radar view, we're tracking the strong storm impacting the pacific northwest and not affecting us. it is bringing rain to the pacific northwest and over the border there. and this is the weather system that will dominate our weather. there's a ridge of high pressure building in from the desert southwest and we will be warming up as we go through the week. today, the start of a warming trend for us. through the rest of the afternoon, we will catch the sun, especially inland where you are already seeing the sunshine. mostly cloudy to partly sunny for the bay and a cloudy cool and breezy day along the coast. for tomorrow morning, other gray

. >> spacex's dragon capsule launched into on by the with an eclectic list of supplies. an adidas soccer ball, green slime and $5500 of other experiments, food and experiments. anythinickelodeon wanted to inc the slime in the name of s.t.e.m. education. this will develop a curriculum for young students. >> that slime is edible in case you get hungry. >> ew. >> thanks to our international viewers for joining us. to our u.s. viewers, "early start" continues right now. >>> i'm happy to debate with anybody the effects of the things that i did. >> vice president biden takes a tougher tone on the campaign trail. ahead of a big debate for democratic presidential hopefuls. >>> house democrats who support impeachment saying privately they're running out of time for. good morning, i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. friday, july 26th. happy friday. let's start with politics now. 2020 candidates gearing up for next week's democratic debates as new polling shows former vice president joe biden remains firmly on top in a new pole of the early primary state of south carolina. bi

in the decade since the moon landing, spacex has shifted to private companies like companies like spacex and blue origin competing. earlier this week, i sat down with astro teller, head of alphabet's x lab, where he is looking for google's next moonshot. we asked him about the anniversary of the moon landing. here is more about this conversation. astro: the biggest impact that nasa has had on this country is not that a few people stood on the surface of the moon. generations ofle young people who are meaningfully inspired to change their lives and to spend time on technology with aspiration to make the world better because of nasa. that's the real legacy of the moon landing, not competing with the soviets or exactly how much thrust came from a saturn v rocket. literally in the history books, and it turns out not to matter much. but, the inspiration they created -- and a lot of these sort of side effects that were learned along the way, everything from velcro to wearable ekg's, an incredible number of things came out of the effort to put somebody on the moon. it showed that optimism can g