buzz aldrin wants us to go to mars.id he needs to stop into old man things. >> like retire. >> andy: here's the thing, when asked if he himself will go to mars, he said "i'm more valuable here than i could ever be there." he's a desk copy asking people to take risks that he would never in his life. >> he stinks. >> andy: i'm kidding. he's an american hero. >> you're telling him to just retire? >> he's really milking this american hero thing, it's one thing to be honored and say he did this thing, another thing to be "hey, it's me, buzz aldrin, november from space? "we remember you. >> nobody forgets a guy named buzz. >> andy: i agree with you that elon musk will probably end up buying this company out or whatever. i think that will be fine, he's not looking for credit, he just really wants us to go to mars. >> he's a forward thinker, and innovator. he can't go, he's 87 years old, he wants people to be interested. >> andy: i agree. >> innovator. >> he is. >> innovating the worst green screen videos i've ever seen in my l

hospitl graphic simulation. >> i'm buzz aldrin and get your ass to mars!i. which brings consume enters into his plans to send humans to mars. aldrin is giving people the ability to meet the astronaut through this new interactive hologram. he is optimistic to inspire a new generation with virtual reality. >> it will spread, expand, and involve more and more people and the great experience of almost being there. and that will be wonderful for expressing for expressing wonderful ideas. >> he has talked on jeff bezos and to elon musk about spacex. last week he met with vice president pence. i asked if he thinks the trump administration will keep investing in space? >> i do. when you say investing, we have been investing. that number, hopefully, won't go down. if it stays the same, we're going nowhere. unless we reduce those expenditures and put them toward something more beneficial. >> reporter: now, aldrin's big vr debut comes as south by southwest puts it in the spotlight. it is the first time people can submit games for competition and there are about 50 se

buzz aldrin and neil armstrong on the moon on their first trip what is called the lunar retro reflector and this is a -- little prisms of light that if light came in, it would be sent along the same path. we use the largest telescope, the shane 103 inch -- to shoot a laser at the moon and send the laser light back at us and that yielded the most accurate measurement to the distance of the moon ever done to that point. james lick unfortunately did not get to see his monument finished. he died in 1876 wasn't -- and was originally buried in san francisco. his final wish was to be buried at his monument so james lick was disinterred from san francisco in 1887 and reinterred here. his tomb is at the base of the telescope and the telescope itself is his tombstone. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to san jose, california, to learn about its rich history. learn more at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. monday night, the executive director of the association representing app developers on their concerns on cybe

the teach got the man through buzz aldrin's share space foundation. >> so excited walking around thequool all th school and hearing the conversation of the school r kids and the enthusiasm. so this is a highlight of my career. >> that is big. number one rule, take off your shoes before you walk on the map. >>> now to our first alert weather here on earth. and a springlike day in delaware. bright blue skies along main street in newark. one more day of warmth. >> and winter temperatures will come back for a couple days and for quite a while as you will see in a minute. 61, not very winterlike right now with a southwest wind continuing. and everybody has the southwest wind and everybody has temperatures pretty close to the 60 degree mark. and that includes of course our p.a. suburbs. chester, bucks mondtgomery county. 65. warg warring ton, 59. new hope at 60. so pretty mild. these are the sustained winds out there right now. southwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour, a little less at lewis delaware here. and the wind will be diminishing during the evening. and then starting to pick up agai

the teacher got the map from the buzz aldrin space foundation. >> so excited walking around the school this week, hearing the conversation of the kids and the 24u abou enthusiasm about it. i have to say this is the highlight of my career. >> number one rule for the kids -- well, you have to take your shoes off before you walk on the map. >>> in montgomery county, members of the globetrotters spent the day playing with legos. they had a friendly competition with the kids in the soon to open lego center. there you go. legos in one hand, ball in the other. >> the globetrotters saturday night at temple university. >>> i'm "first alert" meteorologist erika martin with your most accurate forecast. weather headlines for today include temperatures above normal. we're going to see 60s for the most part across the delaware valley for upper 50s. by tonight, p.m. clouds develop west to east. also tracking rain, wintery mix for the lehigh valley. looks like by tomorrow morning, for the a.m. commute, we could see light snow for everybody. so, on friday, a.m. wintry mix with light snow. give yourself

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buzz aldrin and neil armstrong put on the moon on their first trip the lunar reflector. the light would be sent back along the same path. usedar at lick observatory our largest telescope to shoot a laser at the moon to hit the retro reflector and send the laser light back to us which we detected using the same telescope. that yielded the most accurate measurement of the distance to the moon at that point. james lick did not get to see his monument finished. he died in 1876 and was interned at the masonic cemetery. this final wish was to be buried at his monument. james lick was disinterred from san francisco in 1887 and reinterred at the base of the telescope. his tomb is literally at the base of the telescope. the telescope itself is his tombstone. >> our staff recently traveled to san jose, california, to learn about its rich history. learn more about san jose and other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv on cspan3. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affa