nasa administrator charles bolden joined to learn more about the phone sat mission. say they've taken regular cell phones and created small satellites for just a few thousand dollars each. >> when you normally send a spacecraft. with this you're just using things that are commercially available that are millions and millions of these pieces around the world and just taking one more and send it to space. that's how it can get so cheap. >> three smart phones have been launched into space. all three have transmitted data and images back to earth. >>> holiday weekend, basically here for most of us. as we look outside, we've got not a lot of cloud cover over the bay area yet. that changes sundand monday. temperatures today were on the mild side. winds not as strong. oakland at the airport is 21 miles an hour. that's a west wind. west wind in napa of 14. that's what you'd expect. fairfield, 21 miles an hour. santa clara valley, san jose. sfo, winds to 25. winds are going away. it has been the story about windy conditions. not so much. now it's more about cloud cover that's

former astronaut charles bolden is on a west coast facilities tour and the sequester is on his mind.nder sequester and the president and the congress are not able to come together and do what's absolutely necessary for the nation and solve the sequester problem, all bets are off. >> however, nasa aims is moving ahead had. trying to do more with less. one area is advanced manufacturing. south bay congressman mike honda on the house appropriations committee joined bolden to learn how nasa launched three small satellites powered by cell phones. in time, that could save millions of dollars. >> these young people can think it through and say why not put it up there and utilize what it is that we understand into space. >> nasa aims is harnessing 3d printer technology, making parts and components for space missions out of tiny droplets of plastic. >> they're going to be putting the first 3d printer up in space. you can imagine astronauts needing tools to make something to sort of debug a broken application and they can print right then and there. >> the initiatives are why administrator bol

. >> now, nasa administer charles bolden speaks at a mars exploration some of that happened earlier this month. in his remarks, mr. bolton talks about how a manned mission to mars would be a significant step forward in human space exploration. and what congress and the president can do to help achieve that. this is 30 minutes. >> thank you all very much, and i'm excited about getting the word from the next three days. i think you all will have a tremendous time just browsing through the agenda. i want to thank explore mars, inc. and gw space policy institute for allowing me an opportunity to kind of help kick this somewhat off. and i want to thank you all for bring the summit together. interest in sending humans to mars as artemis just mentioned, i think has never been higher. both from our international counterparts and from a growing number of american commercial space countries, many of whom are also represented at this conference. and, of course, president obama has challenged us to send humans that are either 2030s. for me, it's really interesting because i go back to some of you we