stewart joins us now. mark, you just returned from the launch at what's been called china's version of cape canaveral. that must have been fun. what was that like? >> hey, jim, it's good to see you. let me start by saying first of all, access to the space center, the joe chen space center in the gobi desert, it's very rare for western journalists to be able to go there. it is quite a hike from our base here in beijing, about 1,200 miles. so we had to take two flights and then some very long bus rides. but as you mentioned, in many ways, it's being compared to cape canaveral. it's very much like a small city or town. everything is very self-contained in the middle of the desert. it actually made me think of the johnson space center in houston. there's just a lot of research that takes place there. it's where astronauts are prepped. we really went there for two reasons. one, to learn more about the chinese space program. but, two, we were able to witness the launch of the quanzhou 17 spacecraft. it is the spacecraft that just took three tikonauts, chinese astronauts, to the space station. they will be there for a maintenance mission. but as we look big pictur