ask charlie bolton a question then we'll wrap. >> a lot of people have said to me, that you've got toave smoke and fire and you've got to do it soon because the longer you don't put something up nasa, then the easier it's going to be for people to say well, we don't need anything. '. >> john, we're going to see smoke and fire on the 7th of may. people need to understand when space x or orbital or boeing or anybody else launches, it's not just nasa. it's america. and we want to get america back launching vehicles. we've got atlas and delta but we need to have another capability. starting monday the 7th, i hope, will be when we start launching american vehicles to the international space station. we're going to launch orion on a delta four, lockheed martin is on 2014. and then the orion is going to be on 2017. we hope to have smoke and fire continually from the 7th of may through the 2030. >> i just want to make sure when you go into a classroom and you say who wants to be an astronaut, i still want to see a lot of kids' hands raised. we appreciate it. >>> coming up next here, a father