earth. i don't even know if you'll see the curvature. i did some calculations and i'm thinking they're not. if you're 2 millimeters above the surface of this globe, you're not getting the perspective of everybody else. but national boundaries disappear. it's an overview effect that you will get a little bit of even at 50 miles up. more power to them. that's fine. >> kristin fisher, can i come back to you for a second? >> can i eat this apple, by the way? >> neil wants to eat his apple. i think he can. kristin, your parents are both astronauts, and i wonder whether you have some perspective about what did they see when they went up? did they talk about the curvature of the earth? what are your memories of the conversations with them? >> reporter: well, it's kind of the same thing that richard branson has been talking so much about, home that he's going to get to see and hoping that he can share with all of his future customers, and that is really just seeing earth from afar, seeing it all in

we have a nurse is only one single life on earth. so people can study the chemistry of life on earth. i can look to understand the origin of fly. we have not really understood that yet. and you can look for that on other planets, all the solar system. so the 1st way to do that, you have a real chemistry real object. you can think about bringing rocks from moss. we can think about bringing rocks from venus. it's possible and to study whether you find some engine sign or fly there, all actual find the flight on the system. so that is something you can do as well. the problem there is you may find the same kind of fly. we have an earth know when you're talking about planet on other stars. that's true too. said that it's very unlikely we'll go there very soon because it's tremendously difficult. and we may even never be able to leave that place. that we can remotely study the atmosphere of this planet. and we may find something strange. well, of course, i mean having one planet with a strange atmosphere will not tell you that story. so i

how will nasa's new earth system observatory help protect the planet? >> it's five missions over the next decade, yet once on orbit, it's al going to talk to each other as they measure every detail about land, the seas, ice, and the atmosphere. and that is going to give us a three-dimensional picture of the earth's environment and what are the changes and what we project in the fute. that is already, in the scientific community, is just being greeted with extraordinary excitement. because if you want to mitigate climate, you've got to measure it. and that's what nasa is going to do. >> the mars helicopter, ingenuity, which cost a relatively inexpensive $85 million to build and opere, just went on its ninth flight. it was about 1/200th of what the sls rocket, which hasn't flown yet, s cost so far. ingenuity has been so successful that nasa extended its mission for at least another 30 days. should nasa focus even more on smaller missions like this that it's so good at? >> well, ingenuity is the result of a very large mission and a very successful one. we

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we have a nurse is only one single life on earth. so people can study the chemistry of life on earth. i can look to understand the origin of fly. we have not really understood that yet. and you can look for that on other planets, all the solar system. so the 1st way to do that, you have a real chemistry real object. you can think about bringing rocks from off. we can think about bringing rocks from venice. it's possible and to study whether you find some engine sign or fly there, all actual find the flight on the system. so that is something you can do as well. the problem there is you may find the same kind of fly we haven't us know when you talking about planet on other stars. that's true too. said that it's very unlikely we'll go there very soon because it's tremendously difficult and we may even never be able to leave that place that we can remotely study the atmosphere of this planet. and we may find something strange. well, of course, i mean having one planet with a strange atmosphere will not tell you that story. so i used to

of earth. all of that out your window. everybody gets their own window. six windows inside the capsule. this was part of the design. they wanted this to be very much about the experience for the individual who is going to is t anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing and that was a very important moment for jeff bezos and richard branson. they both said after that day it changed them. they both wanted to go to space. and instead of joining nasa, they essentially started their own space companies, built their own spaceships and they believe that there is great interest with the general public to do exactly that, to go to space and they are both reusing their technology, right? so branson comes back to space, back from space rather in the space plane, lands it, reuses it. the same thing here. blue origin is going to reuse the rocket and reuse the space capsule again and again and again and they insist there are so many multiple redid you nottancies it's safe for a paying astronaut going through

new york picking up cnn's live coverage of what is a new space race on earth, taking off from earth heading up to the edge of space. in just a few minutes that is where richard branson and the other passengers aboard unity 22, that's where they're going to reach. you can see about 20 minutes ago, the aircraft, the mother ship, taking off down this 12,500-foot runway in rural new mexico. we've seen the mother ship take off, now we're waiting for that pivotal moment when the rocket will blast and when the space plane will actually reach the edge of space. to give you a sense of timing, we are expecting that in the next 20 minutes, and once we reach that point, that is when branson and the other passengers will experience weightlessness and will earn their astronaut wings. in the next few minutes, we'll watch it happen live here on cnn. let's begin by heading to kristin fisher, cnn space and defense correspondent, who is there, and what looks like the desert but it's one of the most remarkable places in the world right now. kristin, welcome to cnn. it's your first weekend on the air with us. y

observation satellites to deliver services to people on earth. so i don't think that the privaization of space so far has ruined space. there is a very successful co-ist ens between government sponsored and private sponsored space activities. i see no reason why that can't extend to human -- private human activities in space. there is a legitimate concern of private people going to other celestial bodies and disrupting them, kind of messing up the sites where the apollo missions landed, spoiling the pristine character of mars and we need to make sure that that doesn't happen. there is an outer space treaty of 1967 that says no country or citizen of a country can claim sovereignty over the moon or other celestial bodies. so you can't go -- the united states when it went six times to land on the moon during apollo didn't plant the flag and say this is now ours. that would be a violation of international law. but, you know, as the exploitation of deep space proceeds certainly there's need for new norms of behavior, new rules and regulations to say w

and looking at earth. he was at a loss for words beyond the fact that his body was probably trying to readjust to being back on earth. you know, do you think that this might be one of his most extraordinary ventures? i mean, he's done a lot. we have seen him in a lot of different venues doing extraordinary things. >> he has done a lot. i mean, two attempts at crossing around the world in hot air balloons. he ran the london marathon in a butterfly costume, which i assume cannot be easy. he's a kite border, a surfer. he's dressed in wedding gowns. he's driving a tank down fifth avenue in new york city. >> he's attempted diving in the earth's five oceans. i mean, he's unstoppable. >> the list goes on and on and on. i have to say that i think reaching the edge of space today might have been the cherry ton the top of an incredible career and an incredible life of adventure, frankly. >> we see him in the english channel, kind of a james bond moment there. we saw him in a tank in times square. but you know, he wa

emily: he insisted over and over this was not about escaping earth. this was about improving earth.bout going to mars or living on another planet. it is about tapping resources and the solar system whether it is solar energy or water from the moon to power the future we want on the most beautiful planet that we know. i thought it was interesting -- brad and i were in this press conference today. i'm curious of what you thought about him giving away all that money at the end. what did you make of that? >> i think he is at a moment in his career where he has accepted the criticism of alien ours. he is looking to create solutions. he has been -- how public discourse has turned dysfunctional. emily: would you take a seat? would you take a seat if you were offered? caroline: definitely. i would have to negotiate with my husband and my kids. emily: brad? >> after today, i might consider it. they made it seem ready enticing. how about you? emily: i facetimed with my kids after the lunch and i decided i would have to wait a little longer. it was still an amazing day. caroline: we brought it

how manassas gnu earth system observatory help protect the planet? >> five missions over the next decade, once in orbit is all going to talk to each other as they measure every detail amount. land, seas , ice, and the atmosphere. and that is going to give us a three-dimensional picture of the earth's environment and what are the changes and what we project in the future. that is already in the scientific community is just being greeted with extraordinary excitement. because if you want to mitigate climate you got to measure it. and that is what nasa is going to do. >> helicopter ingenuity which costs a relatively in expected $85 million to build and operate just went on its night flight it was about 1 200 of what the sls rocket, which has employment, has cost so far. ingenuity so expensive it's extended the mission at least another 30 days. should national focus more on smaller missions that is so good at? >> ingenuity is the results of a very large mission and a very successful one. we have been putting landers out on mars since the 19 70s. so the o

it is about protecting earth.lieves this is the best planet and where we are going to live forever. we will run out of resources and need to tap them in space. all our. water from the moon. that is a different vision than what elon musk has foot does put forward. perhaps earth will become inhabitable. we will need to move to mars. i know that kathy would is a fan of elon musk. do you see those visions being at odds and how does that influence your strategy? sam: i do not think they are at odds. i think if we look at that today, the internet is becoming more of a basic human need. right now, happy earth's population -- 3 billion people -- do not have access to the internet. one way to bring them affordable internet is through satellite internet. i think a lot of memes get put out there about millionaires going to space but all this activity is driving down costs and it is going to enable very affordable internet for the global population. i do not think we can overstate that importance. emily: let's talk about cost

i hear it didn't actually come back to earth. basically it said, for all you kids down there, i was once a kid with a dream looking up to the stars, and now i'm an adult in a spaceship looking back to our beautiful earth. to the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. i look forward to you all following your dreams and doing wonder things, maybe not quite building spaceships, but something even more special one day. to all kids out there, best with it. so this is meant to be a press conference. i won't talk too long, and also a kids conference. if any kids or press have questions to ask us, we'd be delighted to answer. i'll leave you to do the comparing. thank you, elana. >> thank you, richard. first question down in the front. irene, you were out of the starting blocks. hang onmen. you can have my mic. >> thanks so much congratulations to all of you. what is the condition of the spaceship upon return? is there anything that needs to be addressed before it flies again. from your hour, two hou

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earth. the other piece i want to add with that is that very frequently people think of astronauts and, yes, the view is beautiful. yes, i want us to go into space. but a lot of work is done by the people who don't go into space, and so that whole path and what we use space exploration for, whether it's remote sensing, whether it's being able to look and understand, you know, telecommunications, all of those things are important, and so sometimes i worry that we need to have the full picture. yes, you know, it's great and the orange flight suit picture, all of those things, and being a part of space exploration. but the space race, quote-unquote, that's being run right now is not only between billionaires, but it's also about how we use it. other countries are being involved, right. the chinese just last week sent up a full complement to their space station. so i think that even though we're looking at the commercialization of space, what's really impactful and exciting now are how many peopl

so shouldn't we humans be thinking about how to move beyond planet earth?r of 100 years max. and compared with that, the earth has got...we�*re talking millions of years. so there's no hurry whatever in normal circumstances, if the earth were just proceeding as it was before humans appeared. it's what we are doing that's doing the damage, not anything else. the earth naturally would go through its warm periods and ice ages and things like that for a good long time yet, we're talking millions of years, probably. mm. so your message would be we need to absolutely focus on what we do on this planet... exactly. ..rather than spend too much time wondering about where else we might travel to. we'd never get there because we'll have destroyed our base. now, you, again, in our conversation, have mentioned your own age several times. and it is, for me, it's fantastic to be able to talk to you when you're about to celebrate your 102nd birthday. ijust wonder whether... ..your own mortality... ..colours your thoughts these days? you know, you've described how being 100

. ~ . , journey of getting us off the earth. . ., _ journey of getting us off the earth. . ., earth.sly a very worthy ambition, - earth. which is obviously a very worthy ambition, i - earth. which is obviously a - very worthy ambition, i guess, for many people, but at the same time, we can't get away from it, here is another billionaire, money to burn and there is this massive, it feels like a rivalry going on as to be the first to get so far, who will be the first to do this and that. that must be part of what is driving him?— and that. that must be part of what is driving him?- what is driving him? well, it's kind of interesting. _ what is driving him? well, it's kind of interesting. he - what is driving him? well, it's kind of interesting. he has - kind of interesting. he has expressed the view and i think it's sincere, what he wants is an entire industry to spring up around space, better to achieve that goal however he is a very competitive person, you look at the way amazon operates. and the way amazon operates. and the fact there's someone else who is competing with him sort of

tac earth for just a few spectacular minutes. the space ship named after alan shepherd, the first to make it into the space. good morning. i'm anderson. it is tuesday, july 20th. i'm in van horn, texas, 2 hours southeast of el paso, texas. jeff bezos is about to lift off to the edge of space and back. the flight comes on the anniversary of another historic mission. >> it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> more than five decades after neil armstrong mesmerized man with his step into space, space tourism and beyond that, the privatization of space. this is a project 20 years in the making for bezos. the founder of blue origin and amazon will be the second billionaire to blast off from earth in his own spacecraft. richard branson and his virgin galactic soared to the skies from new mexico earlier this month. the youngest and oldest humans will be on the blue shepherd rocket along with jeff bezos and his brother mark. wally funk was trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s. part of the group known as of the mercu

you know, the most profound piece of it for me was looking out at the earth and looking at the earth'staurant, everybody who has been up into space, they say this, it changes them. they look at it and they're amazed by the earth and its beauty, but also by the fragility. i can vouch for that. when we're sitting and moving around the planet in our normal ways, the atmosphere is so gigantic. we're this tiny thing and the atmosphere is so big. but when you get up above it, what you see is it's actually incredibly thin. it's a tiny fragile thin, and as we move about the planet, we're damaging it. so that is -- that's -- that's a very profound -- it's one thing to recognize that and it's another thing to see with your own eyes how fragile it really is. and that was amazing. who wants to add? >> oliver, you want to tell us how it was? our first paying customer? you feel like you got your money's worth, sir? >> it was amazing to see it from above and move around. i totally agreed. it feels so natural, almost like we should be doing this, and i hope that we are one of the first and let's hope

observation satellites to deliver services to people on earth.o i don't think the privatization of space so far has ruined space. there is a very successful coexistence between government-sponsored in private-sponsored space activities. i see no reason why that can't extend to private human activities in space. there is a legitimate concern about private people going to other celestial bodies and disrupting them, messing up the sites where the apollo missions landed, boiling the pristine character of mars, and we need to make sure that that doesn't happen. there is an outer space treaty of 1967 that's is no country or citizens of a country can claim sovereignty over the moon or other celestial bodies. so the united states during this six times it went to the moon on apollo, did not claim the moon as ours. that would be a violation of international law. but as the expectation of deep space proceeds, certainly there is a need for new norms of behavior, new rules and regulations to say what is permissible and what is not. jesse: which brings up the

we need to do that to solve the problems here on earth. this is not about escaping earth.re going to build an infrastructure -- when i started amazon, i did not have to build the postal service or royal mail, there were people -- already gigantic road infrastructure to deliver packages. that infrastructure toda is way too expensive and doesn't work for space. amy: peter ward, to say he's been to this money -- he is making the point he built amazon on the roads that existed, the mail system that existed and yet what taxes does he pay? this is really a public-funded flight, the amount of millions that he saved in not paying taxes. >> it is pretty outrageous. when he is talking about the road to space, a lot of these people think of themselves as the kind of railroad industry in america with america was being colonized. obviously, they put the railroads down and you had the industry and economy blossomed around it. not many people mentioned the destruction of indigenous population and the effects it had on the environment. luckily, you don't have that in space. but the really

earth, which is what we are investing in.he climate threat is real, and we have to bring the private and public sector together to solve some of these issues. the goldman sachs future planet etf is invested in solution providers to the climate transition. we have done it in an active etf wrapper because that's where the solutions providers are listed. a lot of these companies are in the small caps base. that is combined with the fact that it provides transparency to tax efficiency and the ease of trading with the etf. we've invested in thematic type of companies for over 60 years at goldman sachs asset management. we are currently managing about $20 billion in this space. this is the first time we are bringing it to the u.s., and we are starting with climate because we to get is a large-scale problem and a very large scale opportunity for our investors. alix: for let you go, i have to ask you about space. that's what we covered all morning. the private investment in space is enormous. the money is still going to the rocket co

things that we used to do, earth observing to monitor things like climate change here on earth. so it's becoming more of a partnership between government agencies and commercials based companies working together to do advancement of science and technology. how much is this about getting people to, to realize that kind of the potential for industrialized space in order to protect that was one suggestion. that's one way that, that's, that's the kind of the goal ultimately is to, is to try and start using resources out in space rather than on the earth. there are a lot of resources in space that we could utilize that if we do asteroid mighty or biting on the moon, for example, where we're not creating so many environmental hazards like we have here on earth. and so these are all stepping stones in that direction. they do raise some questions about, you know, should we be doing things on earth that require so many resources that we need to go beyond it to use them. where should we figure out how to more responsibly use what we have here on earth? but it's good to look at all the opt

going and then that far above above the earth you would expect as much. i mean just really wanted to go images what, what are these guys going to be experiencing up there? i mean, you would imagine the views would be incredible. the speed must fail quite unusual if you're not used to going up on a rocket ship. right. so it's a.

first, to what's happening here on earth. the fbi and department of homeland security officials are arriving in haiti to assist with the investigation into the assassination of the country's president. just last week a group of assailants stormed the president's home, shooting and killing him and wounding his wife. while the assassination has sent the country into a state of shock and literal state of siege, as of now the u.s. does not have plans to send any military assistance, despite requests from the haitian government. meanwhile, in florida the miami-dade courthouse is now closed due to safety concerns that were revealed during a building inspection that was prompted by the tragic surfside condo collapse. the engineering firm that examined the 28-story court building says that during the review it found structural distress in support beams and joists, including steel columns that are in, quote, poor condition, and concrete columns that have numerous cracks in them. the courthouse will begin to undergo repairs immediately

humans have not been on earth the whole history of the earth, so the odds of you finding something withegs or wings are probably slim, but i think we kind of poet to ourselves to go explore that. juno is not looking for life itself, it is looking for hints that it might be habitable. phil: good talking to you, dr. scott bolton. thank you. >> thank you. phil: the olympics have thrown a shock aftershock at one of the -- and one of the biggest came in the semi final of the mens tennis game. novak djokovic was going for the goldman slide but lost to germany's player. there was more excitement despite the pandemic cast in the shadow over the games. reporter: despite rising covid-19 case numbers, the tokyo locals were allowed together to watch japan's men take on poland at volleyball. cheering westerly forbidden. instead, polite applause was the order of the day. perhaps a lack of fans inside the tennis arena spooked novak djokovic. he was looking to emulate the hall of major titles and the olympics. the so-called golden slab. after taking the first set against alexander zverev, the game coll

this is not about escaping earth.hen you go into space and see how fragile it is, you'll want to take care of it even more. that's what this is about. it's going to take decades. this is a big vision. but big things start small. >> our thanks to gio. >>> up next, the "sports illustrated" swimsuit model making history. we do it every night. every night. do it. run your dishwasher every night with cascade platinum to save water & energy. did you know an energy star certified dishwasher uses less than 4 gallons of water per cycle while a running sink uses that every 2 minutes? even better, it's proven you can also save up to $130 dollars per year on your energy bill. so do it every night with cascade platinum. the surprising way to save water & energy. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® worksrently th other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin when you need it...

>> this and the bezos earth fight, the climate change foundation.the focus of my work. >> reporter: maybe my hardest question, your brother just took you to space. what are you giving him for christmas? >> look, i already let the guy take me to space. what more do i need to do for this man? >> reporter: obviously as fathers, when you were up there, i talked to you yesterday, i'm cool. i'm fine. were you panicked? >> no, i was never panicked. i got emotional sitting waiting for the launch and just thinking about my kids and my wife and everything. it was a profound moment and the training that we went through was fantastic for anything that might be off nominal but it was a perfect flight, and boy, what an adventure. it was unbelievable. >> some of our family members were a little anxious, but they flipped between wanting to stow board in our carry luggage and wanting to stop us from going, but you know, i think that's natural. it was a perfectly nominal mission. it was so much fun and meaningful, too. >> when are you doing it, next? >> how about tom

back here on planet earth to afghanistan now where the withdrawal of u.s. troops from america's longest war is moving ahead of schedule. president biden says that we will be out of that country by august 31st, not the original deadline of september 11th. afghan soldiers who are at bagram air force base, they say they're disappointed at the military's hasty exit from the base last week and there are fear that's the taliban could soon take over the nation after we gave so much in our blood and treasure to fight radical islamic terrorism. greg palkot is live in kabul with the latest. >> reporter: hi, eric. on that deserted base in a moment. let's look at the intensifying clashes involving the taliban and afghan government forces across the country, something like two-thirds of the country is being contested by these two sides. we heard new reports today about the strategic southern city of kandahar, the latest flash point, fighters entering the city, foreign diplomats are being evacuated, triggered it's believed by the exit of u.s. troops. we went to the scene

the booster rocket is also descending to earth. it is going -- it should actually land shortly in a vertical position so that it can be reused, future launches as well as the capsule. will be able to be reused. >> what was that? explain that. >> so, anderson, what we just heard was the sonic booms from the booster landing back here on the landing pad just two miles away from where that booster took off. this is all part of that reusability of blue origin and this new era of space travel, being able to reuse the system. no longer the one and done of the past. we heard the sonic boom when it was coming back down here on earth. now we're just waiting for the capsule. that's the next major milestone. but as you can see, we can see it right there, that pinpoint landing. i mean, anderson, that's a thing of beauty for blue origin. >> incredible. >> look at that thing. this is now the third time that that booster has flown to space. nailed that landing. >> now, there's the capsule. >> in just a few minutes we're going to see three, hopeful

slightly different question, how many of us believe aliens have inhabited the earth. sergio the only mount the strength of his convictions, i appreciate that. here's a question is the idea that aliens have visited earth in and of itself a conspiracy theory? >> know why not? take into consideration the fact we are trying to go to mars, we would technically be alien life there. the fact another life form has become intelligent enough to space travel and visit another planet is not really a conspiracy theory. >> he defined the scope of a conspiracy theory takes an entire species there is an entire race considered a conspiracy? to invite the entire planet of wherever for wanting to come and visit i did say conspiracy of aliens in and of itself. which is not what we tend to talk about what we talk about ufo conspiracy theories, we talk about alien conspiracy theories. those are theories that include an element of human complicity. usually of government complicity. and these ideas there are not only aliens visiting earth but the state is in some way involved with those visi

the most profound piece of it for me was looking out at the earth and looking at the earth atmosphere. every astronaut ever who's been up into space . they say this that it changes them and they look at it and they're kind of amazed and off struck by the earth and its beauty. but also by its fragility. and i can vouch for that. when i look up, you know, who were sitting in this room were driving our cars were moving around the planet. in our know was the atmosphere so gigantic. were these tiny little things in the planet, the atmosphere so big. but when you get up above it, what you see is it's actually incredibly thin. it's this tiny little fragile thing . and as we move about the planet, we're damaging it. i don't know. maria is an associate professor in physical geography at university college london. she's current research and environmental impact of rocket launches. thanks so much for being with us. so we had the from jeff bezos that he's talked about, wanted to solve. the problem is on us with all this. but what is the environmental cost of, of missions like these? yeah, so ther

where on earth do you start? | mouth. where on earth do you start?king henry viii, that sense of being at the start of heart of the court, the very heart of history in turbulent times, and really interestingly can at one moment, dominic cummings described the british politics as tragicomic, and what he meant by that was the idea that people like borisjohnson, david cameron, george osborne, people who are essentially 0sborne, people who are essentially calling posh amateurs should find themselves running the country, so my first take is that there was some sort to go back to those tutor times, something positively shakespearean about the picture that described the sort of complex character brycejohnson, clever but can you know, caught between his piper adviser, can you know, caught between his piperadviser, dominic cummings, his girlfriend now wife, and all in the middle of this tunnel of bracket and covid, is absolutely riveting watch. he�*s not breaking to acknowledge that bryce johnson he�*s not breaking to acknowledge that brycejohnson is rather g

the earth from space makes earthy disagreements and divisions disappear.e the great blue marble without borders and sadly to see other bad things happening down on the surface, right. but i wonder, franklin cheng diaz, when you came back and you have the advantage of seven visions of earth from up there and i imagine multiple orbits. when you came back, did it change your view of things down here? did it give you hope for ways forward? >> it does very much. you are a different person when you come back. and that is that you see the overview effect. many astronauts talk about the smallness of our planet, the fact that we all occupy the same place. and in my case, i was fortunate to have flown over 25 years, i was able to actually see with my own eyes the changes on the earth over that span of time. the expansion of the america's, you know, the population of the united states, growing west. the deforestation of the amazon basin and the contamination of the oceans and the pollution in the air. all of those things, i was able to witness. and it does change you

and like earth. if you're looking at extraterrestrials you are looking at there is another planet with a population of other beings. other realities besides just human reality. i feel like the idea of god and god's plan has only to do with a human reality. there are two different narratives. what's they are similar to a very particular type of religion. similar to the way most think aliens might be out there pastor we could see and religion pastor we can see just after death. not just outside the range of our telescopes. the alien conspiracies we've talked about or more similar to the premillennial that we've discussed before. if our conspiracy were not muddying the waters or securing things. >> is a will hopefully get to. are people who make an explicit connection there as well. there are those who make explicit linkage between this evangelical, pre-millennial and extraterrestrials. usually following x terrestrials and as agents of stay tuned,. >> these are interesting questions. they are big questi

getting ready to see them here back on earth. incredible moment. heard bezos call it the best day ever. they were remarking, clayton, how easy zero gravity was. it felt remarkably natural to be in a moment of weightlessness. your take away from that in what you saw in this flight. >> congratulations to all of them. i think it is a significant milestone. it is funny, zero g is not really natural. you start to get space adaptation syndrome. for me, one of the coolest things, land first stage on earth to reuse it again. i am jealous. they went to the place i would love to go back and at least the bezos brothers and i have the same hair. >> good point. we're looking at jeff bezos giving a huge thumb's up to crew members coming to get him out of the capsule. any second expect him to step out, surrounded by television cameras. looks like he had a blast. stephanie, to be on the ground, watch this rocket lift off, touch back down, must have been incredible. you're some miles away. but even to be in the presence of it, i am sure it was fascinating. >> halle

how many of us believe that aliens have visited earth? sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. i appreciate that. here is a question. is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, a conspiracy theory? sergio? >> i don't think so. >> >> why not? >> if you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, we would technically be alien life there. to say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a conspiracy theory. felix harcourt: that seems fair. >> it depends on how you define the scope of a conspiracy theory. it would take a species collaborating together to land on another planet. is another race working together a conspiracy? i wouldn't think so. felix harcourt: that seems reasonable. it seems a little odd to indict the entire planet of wherever for wanting to come to visit. even if we are going to say arguably -- maybe we could consider it a conspiracy theory, it would be a conspiracy of aliens in and among themselves which is not what we