we are well on the way to developing the capability for cryogenics. we are not there yet. there are a lot of people who think this is going to happen overnight. we have a long way to go. we cannot wait until the technology is available. we will not get to the asteroid in 2021. is an opinion of one. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> first dick costello at the university of michigan. vince steve wozniak at the university of california berkeley. the gerald ford residential foundation recognizes to journalists every year for their reporting on the presidency and national defense. this is at the national press club. we will bring you live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span tw2. witnesses include acting irs commissioner danny warble. i arrested out facing a lawsuit in connection with this targeting of groups applying for taxes it status. you can watch the hearing live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. he indicated that he wanted the death penalty on each of the three charge

three academics as oxford university are paying to be cryogen nickly preserved so they can be later brought back to life. they are planning on having a company detach and freeze their heads. another colleague is shelling out more to have their entire body put on ice. it is a lot cheaper than joining a gym which is most people's way of trying to pro long life. if you picture 200 years it will be a wonderful place and i want to sign up the baby so she has a chance. another professor admitted it will allow focus on more time like these hobbies. >> interesting. final 10 seconds he is run over by a semi, but we can't show that part. rick how sexy are you going to be as just a head? you are very sexy now. but if we just had this head in a glass case it doesn't even matter what body you put it on. we can put it baskly on a tray and you will still get chicks. >> speak for yourself. >> look at your body and you will take anything. >> i did just come from the gym. >> who wants to hang out with this -- with these nerds? >> i would pay to freeze dry other people and then stall them out. >> are you talk

to do something where we are building a large cryogenic mirror that will go 25 miles from earth. sunshieldge telescope has to fold up like a transformer into a rocket anding survive launch codes and thently deploy unravel the mysteries of the universe. that is really hard. most of the investment up front a series of 10g or 12 key technologies that no one had ever done before. every one of the manufacturers that help solve those problems now has a toolkit that allows them to go into other fields and industries. once we get the telescope on station, the function is to unravel the mysteries of the universe. what are the atmosphere is like on planets on nearby stars? have the atmospheric signals that we have here? do those planets habitable? they show any signs of water vapor? is there life there? it is getting pretty close. what does that have to do with mars? human exploration. we live in a solar system of riches. venus looks a lot like earth. the atmosphere makes it on hospital for life -- on hospitable for life as we know it. we have amazing moons of saturn and jupiter. fascinati