programs that link up only here should be preserved to me would be better to set up an international space agency so that mankind could explore outer space is a single entity. exploration by individual countries so. for answering this question we should first of all determine the purpose of doing what you're talking about what i mean east peaceful exploration naturally we're not talking about space weapons of course not. because you've just asked a question about mankind and old planet earth means for. i agree with military for mankind the earth will always be a common home one for all people. there's a direct threat that humanity is going to lose its home. there's a huge belt of asteroids around. the asteroids have always been a hazard that hasn't disappeared nowadays and people are becoming aware of that city due. as troy's fall on the earth every one hundred years on average for the siberian mr right so it was the last asteroid that hit the earth in nineteen zero eight because. of that phenomenon in two thousand and eight. hundred years a fast and another asteroid maybe on its way to strike th

space experiments. of course it's important that the second time we're conducting such an experiment there was a similar project in the soviet union the current project is international provided leading space agencies like the european space agency and china take part in it indicates how important this project is as for specific results we'll have to wait for the project to be completed this nature of the experiment is mostly psychological we want to see if a big group can stay together for a long period of time and still perform their duties. now do you have any major international programs besides the s.s. today. you need in russia yes yes of course we have cooperation agreements with forty countries of course with some of them we don't have any serious joint projects even though we have an agreement but in some cases we have very big projects we actively work with china on many programs we also work with india on moon exploration carrier rocket programs and some other issues like a global mass navigation system as you may know we also work with japan a lot in europe france and germany our biggest partners also we have a few joint projects with italy of course in terms of finance all these progra

the russian space agency is expanding its travel program which sends crews to the international space station r.t. spoke to anatoly primitive head of the organization who says that although space tourism is growing want to because minutes will have to wait a few more years that's in our interview next. it's a bit of a note thank you very much for being with us today space tourists used to be one of the sources of income for the russian space agency are you trying to raise you or maybe even expand this program. of course we would like to resume this program and fortunately we are unable to do it now and we won't be until space shuttles resume delivering space crews to the i assess which won't happen before twenty fifty or even twenty seventeen according to nasa experts the only other possibility is if we build a new spacecraft within the next two years then we'll be able to take space tourists to the i s s. so of course everybody wants to know how much that's going to cost and if you already have some people who want to go. we have many people who want to go many obligations from vario

space agency. he is from italy. he flew to the international space station twice. he worked initially in the space shuttle operation system branch in houston, and in the new generation space vehicles branch. shortly, we will be watching the astronauts walked art from the crew quarters to board the astro van for the ride out to launch pad 39a. we will be joined here by astronauts jim kelly, who will be with us throughout the boarding process for our six astronauts of sts-134. have 10 minutes, 45 seconds in this plant -- we have 10 minutes, 45 seconds remaining in this planned, built-in hold. we are at t-minus three hours remaining. this is shuttle launch control. this is shuttle launch control, coundown clock resuming its countdown. our next planned activity is that the astronauts will be leaving the crew quarters. that is about 5 minutes from now. for the 20-minute ride out to 39a.h pad the final inspection team has left launchpad. the closeout crew is now in the white room and ready for the astronauts to arrive. we're watching all of the weather move off to the so

nasa and our international space station, relative to noaa and its severe weather warnings and tsunami protections, focus on the commerce department and nist and a whole range of agencies, it's very, very important that we get out of the temporary c.r. business. we can't run the greatest country on the face of the earth on a week-by-week basis, and this had bring a final conclusion to this, and i want to say finally as we approach f.y. 2012, even though there's been a lot of talk about cutting, i would hasten to add that we are not shadow boxing as a nation. we are in an international global competition with countries that are investing a great deal of money in research and innovation and technology, and we cannot sell future generations of our country short by being unwilling to make decisions to appropriate money where we need to appropriate it, to educate future generations, to invest in technology and innovation and research so that we can both provide for our national security and for our national prosperity. i yield back the remainder of my time. i thank the gentleman from washington for granting me this time. and i thank chairman wolf for working with me in a bi

nasa and our international space station, relative to noaa and its severe weather warnings and tsunami protections, focus on the commerce department and nist and a whole range of agencies, it's very, very important that we get out of the temporary c.r. business. we can't run the greatest country on the face of the earth on a week-by-week basis, and this had bring a final conclusion to this, and i want to say finally as we approach f.y. 2012, even though there's been a lot of talk about cutting, i would hasten to add that we are not shadow boxing as a nation. we are in an international global competition with countries that are investing a great deal of money in research and innovation and technology, and we cannot sell future generations of our country short by being unwilling to make decisions to appropriate money where we need to appropriate it, to educate future generations, to invest in technology and innovation and research so that we can both provide for our national security and for our national prosperity. i yield back the remainder of my time. i thank the gentleman from washington for granting me this time. and i thank chairman wolf for working with me in a bi

agency's direction. the 2012 budget calls for an increase in spending to help commercial rocket and space companies develop transport to the international space station and cancels a bush to administration program to build a more conventional news system which is being funded and the 2010 continuing resolution. we see the chairwoman of this committee and this is about to get started live on c-span. >> the subcommittee on science will come together. today, we take the testimony of administrator hon. astronauts and general charles boden for the fy12 request and talked- about how this might be in light of what we have just gone through. the administrator, we are glad to see you. we want to thank you for coming and we remind you that this hearing normally occurs on thursday morning but we could not get you when we thought we could. senator kay bailey hutchison and i did not wish to delay the hearing because it would have taken us after the easter- passover recess and we wanted to be able to really get cracking on our 2012 appropriations. we think you for doing this. we look forward to your testimony. i am glad to see you and glad to be here

nasa and our international space station, relative to noaa and its severe weather warnings and tsunami protections, focus on the commerce department and nist and a whole range of agencies, it's very, very important that we get out of the temporary c.r. business. we can't run the greatest country on the face of the earth on a week-by-week basis, and this had bring a final conclusion to this, and i want to say finally as we approach f.y. 2012, even though there's been a lot talk about cutting, i would hasten to add that we are not shadow boxing as a nation. we are in an international global competition with countries that are investing a great deal of money in research and innovation and tenology, and we cannot sell future generations of our country short by being unwilling to make decisions to appropriate money where we need to appropriate it, to educate future generations, to invest in technology and innovation and research so that we can both prode for our national security and for our national prosperity. i yield back the remainder of my time. i thank the gentleman from washington for granting me this time. and i thank chairman wolfor working with me in a bipartisan