. >> those same microwave signals were redesigned at jpl for an even more urgent endeavor here on earth. do search for, for a trapped survivor by detecting their beating heart. >> the return signals were looking for small changes due to the motion of the victim, the breathing and the heart beat causes one centimeter to one millimeter movements. we look for the reflexes of that. so we are looking for the changes of that due to the heart beats. >> finder or finding individuals for disaster and emergency response is the remarkable new technology resulting from the collaboration between jpl, female, and homeland security. it is capable of recognizing a victim's heart bate and res pration through 30 feet of concrete and debris. >> basically measuring how far it is from the finder unit to the victim's heart and then back. finder works on an unconscious victim. as long as your heart is beating and your breathing, we can detect you. >> within a year, two prototypes were up and running and ready for field testing. >> tell me what it is? >> this is finder. it's a victim detention radar that uses

i work as a mission designer in designing trajectories for space missions at jpl. actually dynamically connected and linked. so even though you don't see the orbits connecting them, there's a web underneath. lagrange points are what i call the seeds of the interplanetary superhighway. they're locations where all the forces, the gravitational forces, are balanced with the rotational forces so that if you put a particle there, it would just remain there. but if you just have the slightest motion on it -- breathing on it would cause it to drift away. it's as if you were starting on street number one and then you go down, it will take you to one place, but if you start on street number two, not only will it take you to a different place, but it'll be actually to another city. so in our case, it could be actually to another planet. starting from these lagrange points, or the equilibrium points, they generate families of periodic orbits. so these are orbits that close on themselves, and they surround the lagrange points and they get bigger, bigger, and bigger. and what h

i also had the privilege of watching nasa's nearby jpl for its annual open house, which was cut lastequestration. with the current state of funding, kids are being deprived of experiences that could hugely impact their lives and future careers. >> not only did the united states win the race to put people on the moon, but the cold war is over, the soviet union has collapsed, the competitive argument, whatever virtue it may once have had -- sputnik and yuri gagarin certainly scared the united states -- whatever merit it may once have had is now gone. and we have to ask, what exactly is the function of human space flight? >> we just have it in our dna to explore. it's our destiny. it's our mission. but too often that gets lost in d.c. >> enhancing man's knowledge -- i should say person's knowledge -- about outer space is extraordinarily important as to what it does for the state of knowledge, the enticement of young people into knowledge, the pursuit of new frontiers. >> and i think we need to increase the nasa budget for exploration, for example, robotic exploration of mars and orbiter

i also have the privilege of its annuale jpl from open house, which was cut last year due to sequestration. with the current state of funding, kids are being deprived of experiences that could usually impact their lives and future careers. >> not only with the united states when the race to put people on the moon, but the cold war is over, the soviet union has collapsed, the competitive argument, whatever virtue it may , it certainly scared the united states, it is now gone. -- whatad to ask exactly is the function? dna toust have it in our explore. it is our destiny, it is our mission. too often that gets lost in d.c. >> enhancing man's knowledge -- i should say person's knowledge -- about outer space is extort -- is extraordinarily important pour the enticement of young people into knowledge, the pursuit of new front tears. >> i think we need to increase the nasa budget for exploration, robotic exploration of mars. i have a robot around every planet. we could learn out there ultimately about our planet and what we need to survive on earth. >> if you cut your research budget, you literall