make your case for going to mars. >> we need to go to mars because we don't know how to do it, can't afford to go. in the word of president kennedy, nothing will serve more to organize our skills than an objective of this sort. it would be a transitional change for us. it would give us the capability to move around the inner solar system. we need that capability. >> you both came in under 30 seconds. efficient tonight. let's talk about the idea john f. kennedy in the 1960s said he wanted to put a man on the moon within ten years. there was a space race with the russians at that point. it was a boom for american technology. gave us everything from teflon to velcro. the products of discovery of continuing to explore space. did they not outweigh the costs? >> i don't buy that premise that we wouldn't have discovered these things anyway. we would have discovered teflon and plasma tvs. you can't say that's only because of space travel we discovered these. it doesn't need to go to outer space to do them. i don't buy that argument. >> what do you say about that, howard? i must say, too, i h

we don't know about mars. there may be life on mars. if there is, we ought to go there and look at it. >> right on. >> when we get there and we don't find any life on mars, from that point on, there will be life on mars. because we'll bring it there. whether it's germs and leftover urine bags or whatever it is. >> at the top of the hour, the first astronaut to get a chance to push for a mission to mars when president obama meet ws members of the apollo 11 crew. >>> how a 10-year-old boy in guam played a crucial role in the apollo crew's return to earth. we'll have more on that in a few moments to you. should the u.s. fund a manned mission to mars or do crow think there's better things to spend your taxpayer dollars on? give us a call, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us. text, text the word view and your comment and names to hln tv. standard text rates apply. >>> video posted by the taliban shows private first class bowe bergdahl held captive. what, if anything, is being done militarily to get him out? chris lawrence is at the pentagon. how is th

bill: you see a big, big upside on mars. let's get specific about mars.t's where the word mation martian comes from. there is no life there. there aren't any caterpillars or anything. there is nothing floating around up there. >> we don't know the answer to whether there is life on mars. that is the intellectual reason to go there. bill: are you telling me there could be martians on mars? >> beings the size of bacteria. bill: owe mean bas that type of stuff. >> they may still be hanging on by fingernails after billions of years of changing climate on mars. closer the moon and nearby steroids they are the stepping sphons and economic jackpot that will. bill: you said industrializing space. you get to mars. i want to keep ton mars now. that's really what the next frontier there. then you think you are raw material type stuff? you will find stuff that helps in advancing technology? what do the scientists think there is a probability of finding? >> i think you hit the nail on the head in terms of going to mars. by developing vehicles, robots and then vehicles

depending where mars is at a particular of time, 180 days to get to mars.martha: about 177 days closer to mars. incredible. thank you for watching us today, everybody. we'll see you back here on "the live desk" tomorrow. shepard: president obama ramping up his push for health care reform. what you need to know about the rush to get the controversial program signed into law 30 seconds away. first, three boxes full. box one, brand new details on the light rail crash in san francisco, including reports of the operator just blacked out. the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt with a closer look at who is driving our transportation. box number two, two off-duty firefighters rescue a child from a burning car. we'll show you the rest of the video and talk to one of the hero firefighters live on "studio b." and in box three, hunting pythons. have you seen any of these stories out of florida? a python takes on a gator and kills that gator over and over. these pythons are massive. there's a hunt going on. we are on the hunt. experts trap and killing the snak

because the ultimate goal truly is to go to mars. >> america to mars, is what it ought to be, not back to the moon. >> until we were willing to pay the price, america won't have an aggressive space program again. >> reporter: in a poll of others, we asked whether the goals of the space program should include sending somebody to mars. 29% says yes, 51% said no, 20% not sure. one person was born on the day we landed on the moon. >> mars is too far away. we need to build other out posts the, permanent on the moon, and then go the mars. >> and you support spending however much money it would cost to do that? >> i do, absolutely. >> there was no commitment today from president obama to adhere to president bush's goal stated five years ago of sending astronauts back to the moon by the year 2020. the obama administration instead will wait for a recommendation from an independent study group before deciding nasa's future. and that clip there was buzz aldrin, who was the second man on the moon today. >> we appreciate the correction, we know him well, thank you. >>> another metro operator caught

and then on the surface of mars.ey are not hanging around, looking for the way home. there settlers. greta: you inspire me. >> if i can convince greta of something, i have achieved a milestone. greta: do you have souvenirs' from the moon? >> me. greta: it is impossible to find a part of everyday life that has not been affected by our venture into space. let's hope invention continues to be the greatest benefit. i'm greta van susteren. thanks for watching. . . and it's the best time to get some of the best deals. get in now and get the chrysler town & country with a generous cash allowance, or 0% financing for 60 months. the trail rated jeep grand cherokee also comes with a cash allowance or 0% financing for 60 months. or choose a hard working all new dodge ram truck with a cash allowance that's tough to beat. all with our best in the business lifetime powertrain warranty. so hurry come see the deals we've built for you at the dodge chrysler and jeep summer clearance.

mars, that seems to be the fixation of the three men appeared why? >> why? >> in the first place, the next place nearest most likely to harbor life or have had life in the past. very similar to earth, and therefore it seems the obvious place to go. could probably build a base there and expand outward. >> there is a reason it has not been attempted -- exponentially more difficult. >> it is a lot further than going to the moon. talking about a long, long time in the spacecraft. >> how long? not talking about a few days to get to the moon. >> we are talking seven months not more. that is we have a nice a lyman whether earth and moon are close to a job appeared but realistic, a year or so, a journey to march. >> i got the impression -- they were slightly critical of nasa for a lack of ambition. it bought more should have been done. then i think what happened is after the moon, which gave huge publicity to exploring space, scientists realized that maybe you get more return in terms of science by sending robotic missions and cameras, etc., which is far easier to d

one to put man on mars. >> reporter: a man on mars should be the next giant leap for man kind.ident obama on monday. >> the country continues to draw inspiration from what you have done. >> reporter: hoping to push a new president to the new frontier, the red planet. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: neil armstrong was the first on the moon and he has never lost his pioneering spirit. >> we, the planet earth is going to send some people one day to the surface of mars. >> reporter: many agree it should happen they want the mystery solved. can mars sustain life. >> the human brain and intellect on mars and then we can answer the question. >> reporter: more orbitars and rovers are scheduled to launch but no human flights are in the works. the astronauts hack knowledge the difficulty of such a trip. >> theadora rig of the trip puts us in a position where we need new technology to go to mars. >> reporter: the men who walk on the moon now dream of mars and hope the president

offer new challenges and interest. >> there maybe life on mars. if there is we ought to look at it. >> reporter: say they mars would give nasa a new direction after decades of uninspiring shuttles and space stations. >> that's a project that will bring the earth closer together. working on a project that has a common goal. >> i in the human spirit will return us to the moon and build on that and on we go to mars. >> reporter: but the as nats say they -- astronauts never thought it would abandon the moon after ' 72. >> i really believed we would be back to the moon by the end of that decade and on our way to mars by the turn of the century. >> i don't think there was a soul in the astronaut office back in 1960s that wouldn't have thought we would have been on the moon by the year 2000. >> the curator of the national air and space museum apollo collection says the astronauts debate years, the same one at the start of the space program. >> the real hard part of american history is always to decide and agree on what we want to do and why. >> reporter:

." >> enough about the moon -- time to reach for a mars. so said the astronauts who did the first moon landing 40 years ago. we remember the man from the soviet union who made space history of his son. hillary clinton shores of ties with the world's biggest democracy, india, and those responsible for hiding the 9/11 attacks are hiding in pakistan. >> we are looking for information that will bring us to them. >> courtroom confession for the mumbai attacks. the suspect changes his plea to guilty. welcome to "bbc world news" -- broadcast on pbs and in america and around the globe. coming up -- >> you did not want to grow up about bragging in a slum. you were not proud of it. >> in winning fans -- fans around the world and some fury and ireland. and the world prerogative -- centuries-old but fascinating -- queen elizabeth. hello. never mind the teselle should -- where is the ambition -- that was the gist of the remarks by those who landed 40 years ago. at a reunion, buzz aldrin and michael collins called for fresh efforts for a manned mission t

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that we should concentrate on mars. should it be either or or can we do both, go back to this moon and stay on course for mars. >> i think it needs to be both. i think by going to the moon and building lunar bases and learning techniques with will then use as we go to mars it will probably take longer but i think it is the right way to do it in a progress , safest way to do it and then sort of development develop those technologies and learn the techniques. because going to mars and living there the first time will be a real experience. >> reporter: is in the best way money should be spent in a tight economy? >> i firmly believe if you don't invest in your future, just like a family. you have to live here and now and take care of your expenses but think of your future, as well. when i talk to school children across the country it is amazing to see their enthusiasm and get them interested in science and math and not just being a rock star or something like that. so i think it is very important for where america heads in

mars requires being there.and the supply chain you set up doesn't let you go there and come back right away. >> laurie, is this a debate. that's what's going on here? >> no. what i was going to say from a science perspective i was going to tell you that we need to unravel these mysteries is we need a network of places around the moon to do like a seismic station like you'd measure earthquakes on earth to study the interior of the moon. you could do that roboticly and you could deploy people. that's a choice we need rocks from a wider variety of terrains on a moon. you discovered the highlands but we've only explored a small part of the moon and to really answer the questions we need to go some other places. you could do that roboticcally the samples is important. >> all we got to do is learn chinese and ask them to find whatever we're looking for. [laughter] >> of course, i agree with you -- >> you don't have to speak on mars you. speak american. [laughter] >> well, i think our first mars walker could be out he

they want the mystery solved: can mars sustain life. >> the human brain on mars and then we can answer that question. >> reporter: nasa will launch an orbeter this summer for more investigation. the i astronauts acknowledge the difficulty of a human flight. >> it puts us in a situation where we need new technology and new capabilities to go to mars. >> reporter: they say the mars surface must be the next race in space. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: the president has commissioned a review of nasa's human space flight plan. the men who walked on the moon now dream of mars. they hope the president will turn that dream into a reality. >> president obama said the apolo crew inspired the scientists of today. he compared their accomplishments to one of his own goals, america having the highest high school graduation rates in the world by 2020. >>> nasa is celebrating today's 40 and verse' with a giant moon pie. [ laughter ]. >> yes, it looks delicious. it is oversized and it will be available one slice at a time at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral. it is 40 inches in diameter,

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nasa plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2020 and to mars by 2030. nasa's budget is 17.2 billion and 18.7 billion. only 1% of the total budget. we are asking is it worth it? joining us is john longston and former director of the space policy institute at george washington university. we have the scholar at kato and author of space, the free market frontier. thanks for joining us. let me ask you the basic question. why aren't they going back to the moon some. >> because we are human and an exploring species. there science and potential economic pay offs and long-term the idea of making humanity a multiplanet species. part of what the country does that defining our character. >> do you agree with that and i'm a little startled by the idea of settling mars. >> i agree in part. i think the ao landings were incredible achievements. the exploration i agree with is what humans do. it's the personal pronouns of what is the we. long ago nasa should have been getting out of the space business and let the private sector take over. only the private sector can br

can mars sustain life. the human brain on mars and we can answer the question. nasa will launch a science lab to arrive at the red planet next summer. no human flights are in the works. >> the duration of the flight almost 3 years puts us in a situation where we need new technology and new capabilities to go to mar. >> the surface must be the next race in space. the president reviewed the plan. they now dream of mars and hope the president will turn the dream into reality. >>> astronauts aboard the international space station celebrating the first moon landing. this is the second walk where they hooked spare parts to the space station. the crew is working on a broken toilet for the space station. >>> still ahead, pregnancy and the city. the hidden danger that could make your unborn baby's iq drop. >>> thieves broke into churches over the weekend and they worry it could happen again. that story is next on eyewitness news. . >>> i'm ron matz in southwest baltimore and you're about to see an amazing piece of art work. larger than life when eyewitness news continues

and mars is good for america.ost: and the book as you outlined indicates your own battle with alcoholism, and with your wife. we have joe. caller: good morning, i have one question, do you feel that the area's vehicle is the most cost effective in terms of dollars per human? guest: you only have to look back 10 years or earlier and you find a biased person. werner von braun is quoted as saying we should not put human beings on solid rocket boosters. because they can blowup at any time. you can't shut them off and abort from them. my early efforts, 10 years ago, 15 years ago has been to replace the solid rockets on the shuttle in an evolutionary way with liquid fly-back boosters. that build to reusability. the nation and world that has two stage fully reuseable heavy, lift rockets that are years in the future. we need to develop the high-flight rate that justifies the investment in reusability that gives us reliability and economy. but reliability first. what gives us high flight rate? adventure travel, a lot of pe

the challenge should be going to mars. are we ready for another challenge and would you like to be part of the mission. >> i'd love to go to mars but i don't think that will happen in my career any way. i guess i feel slightly differently. i think going to the moon is important because i think that that is where we will listen the techniques and things we need to go on to mar. i envision a little effort with building a base, something similar to the research area in antarctica and learning how to practice medicine and grow our own food and with that experience going forth to mars. >> i see the excitement in your face and talking about food and medicine. it is a living thing, not just some part of history going to the moon or mars or in to space. there are practical applications here on earth. >> yes. a lot of things we do here in telemedicine and things like that we learn directly from the space program. >> thank you very much for your contribution to the space program and for your contribution to our newscast, kristin fis

. >> the ultimate goal truly is to go to mars. >> but going to mars will take years of planing and billons of dollars. and until then, we are left with these lasting images. >> it is beautiful mike. really is. >> in washington, brian wilson, fox news. >> and people here in baltimore, are reflecting on the history day 40 years. watching black and white television with grainy images of astronauts walking on the me. many felt a sense of pride that americans were the first and only ones to step foot on the lunar surface. >> we were the first ones. we led the space journey, to get to the moon. to understand that there was something other than ourselves just here on earth. >> those that remember the moon landing say they hope nasa will send another manned space craft to the moon and to mars. >> we want to know what you think. should the united states commit to a man mission to mars. at last check 25 percent say yes. 75 percent say no. joseph from odenton writes. united states has spent billons on unmanned vehicle to mars and got what? spending billons to go to a place that can not give us anythi

glenn: but you think we should go to mars. >> yes. glenn: why?e the pathway to the moon that we have chartered out has caused me and a number of other people to think that maybe the implementation that we have right now and the cost of doing that with two boosters, not one, and a big lander, it puts us in a position of very expensive resource consuming activity of developing these -- quite new. they are not shuttle derived particularly. they deev kuwaited -- they deviated on the two boosters we had. the lander looks like before but much, much bigger, and it doesn't really contribute to mars' landings in the future. i don't see where going to the moon right now really contributes that much. sure, there is going to be long duration stays, six months, but when you go to mars, you got to stay for a year and a half if you're not going to be staying even longer than that as a permanent settlement. glenn: would you go to mars? >> i'm not the type for long durations. glenn: what does that mean? >> i'm just learning that i have a personality that inquires

we certainly should be on the surface of mars by then. but then we can journey to the moon of mars to a fascinating location. host: quick follow-up. this generation may know buzz lightyear from the disney movie. did that come from you? guest: i read it from u.s.a. today, and then i thought i would go and talk to the people to see if there was any likelihood of a business arrangement. there wasn't yet. host: i remember calling my three children, ages 7, 5, 3 years to the tv to watch the first moon landing and telling them, "come children. let's watch together. this is history ." and we watched the landing and the moon walk. i remember saying, thank god." guest: that's what i chose to do, i chose to thank god by serving myself commune yun. -- communion. my concept of spirit twalt has been -- spirituality has changed somewhat. not from going to the moon. from inherited depression. i inherited those genes. also the escapism, the addiction genes of alcoholism. this is what is a good bit in this book, the long yurny home from the moon. a person

mar's gravity is one-third. will be easier on mars.on the moon, the soil made it difficult, with no air, and our ingenuity snapped up the flag, the best looking flag of the six on the moon. host: this is from the front page of the atlanta constitution, and that's you. guest: the proudest moment as a military servant was to salute the flag, the american flag on the surface of the moon. host: buzz aldrin, we thank you, and here is your website, and we appreciate your time. guest: twitter at the "realbuzz" i will be busy but will be help. host: thank you. we have governor, bri ance)>an schweitzer will be with us, it's sunday morning, july 19th. be back in a moment. >> this week on "news makers," we have mike ross from arkansas. >> i think the american people are willing in a fair and equitable manner to help pay for a health care plan to ensure they have health care now and in the future. but they first shave us squeeze the waste out of the current system. and quite frankly that will mean rethinking how we pay health care. we now pay pro

glenn: but you think we should go to mars. >> yes. glenn: why?> because the pathway to the moon that we have chartered out has caused me and a number of other people to think that maybe the implementation that we have right now and the cost of doing that with two boosters, not one, and a big lander, it puts us in a position of very expensive resource consuming activity of developing these -- quite new. they are not shuttle derived particularly. they deev kuwaited -- they deviated on the two boosters we had. the lander looks like before but much, much bigger, and it doesn't really contribute to mars' landings in the future. i don't see where going to the moon right now really contributes that much. sure, there is going to be long duration stays, six months, but when you go to mars, you got to stay for a year and a half if you're not going to be staying even longer than that as a >> would you go to mars? displiem not the type for a long duration. i'dliem not the type for a long >> would you go insane? >> i would go insane.s. i am a short-duration g

>> i really believed that we would be back to the moon by the end of that decade and on our way to mars by the turn of the century. >> i don't think there was a soul in the astronaut office back in the '60s that wouldn't have thought we would have been on the moon by the year 2000. >> reporter: one expert says that the astronauts debate mirrors the same one at the start of the space program. >> the real hard part in american history always is for us to decide and agree upon what it is we want to do and why. >> reporter: well the space visitors agreed with the astronauts that the moon h already been done. >> i think we should go the mars. >> i think we should do it. >> i think going to mars would be exciting. >> reporter: exciting and costly as apollo 15's dave scott joked, possibly more than a trillion. >> what percentage of the national budget is a jillion, 2, all right, twice as much. >> reporter: nasa is work only a program which would return the astronauts to the moon in the year 2020. the apollo distraughts, many now in their 80s, say they will use the information to space up the f

by 20/20, an then go to mars.nd i talked to the administrator of nasa, and he told me if we will go to mars, we have to be able to go put people in a submarine, and submerge them for years, and then unless we can do that, it will be difficult to go to mars. >> and nasa's budget, $18 billion. we spend on more on space development than energy development on the country. and chris jenning with us for this conversation, and so is jonathan. but we have a democrat from florida, and he flew on a mission in 1986. and nbc news veteran space correspondent covered every mission american astronauts have ever thrown, 172 in total. tomorrow is jay's 51 anniversary with nbc news. jay, a real pleasure to have you joining the conversation this morning as well. when you look at those that analyze, jay, the space program on a yield basis, we are spending this much money is it worth it at a time when money is scare scarce, how do you look at the space program when you look at how much it kaus? >> i will tell you this, dylan. the way

they were the first to fly a probe to mars. in 1960 -- their progress was astounding and to many americans, worrisome. our arrival to venus was much more successful in that the first communications satellite and on the whole, the soviets were out in front in most areas and americans were embarrassed. both sides wanted to put humans into space. both nations use to their biggest rockets, originally built as intercontinental ballistic missiles to try to fire a man into space first. and as dr. kraft also noted, one month after the inauguration of the new president, john fitzgerald kennedy, the russians began a substantial surprise of the american public in general, and rocketed a young russian pilot, yuri deguerin, into space -- yuri deguerin, and rescued him successfully. -- kennedy called the new agency into the white house and said is there any place we can catch them? what can we do? they had a hard time thinking of anything we could do to catch up short of going around the moon or landing on the surface of the moon. even then,

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so there are lots of plan, lots of dreamsto go t mars. america and nasa has a particularly vigorous robot exploration program but no concretedate, b ultimately th is the timate goal for man space in mars. >> good to talk with u again. thank yo >> thank you. >>> there was a lot of news today, se of it encouraging, some of it scouraging -- about the battle to comb aids in africa. theresident of the internional aids society says the incidence of hiv is deeasing in dozens of countries since former esident bush dised his emergency plan for aids lief back in 2003. but a top aids researcher sa toy that south africa has stopped funding an aidsaccine project, jusas human trials are gettg under way. the projectill only continue because of erican largesse. all of this reminded of a siature story we first broadcast last winter, vivid portrait of aidin south afca by "worldfocus" special corresponnt martin seemungal. he traveled to the provincef wazulu-natal, which is now known not only for itseauty but for all its aids phans. >> repter: the tourist br

a mission to send astronauts to mars.ow nasa has unveiled their plans and what a mission to mars would look like. with me now it is a theoretical physicist. nice to see you. just so we know, 230,000 miles to the moon. it is millions of miles to months. how do we get there? >> nasa has always been quiet on these types of things, but they have revealed a possible mission to mars. it would take 2.5 years to mars. it takes only one week to get to the moon. bill: you say they need a nuclear rocket. good luck with that. or a chemical engines similar to the space center. you say 2.5 years. i have read 180 days. >> that is right. it would take that much time there and back, and you would also need to spend some time on the planet. you would need to create rocket fuel on the planet. in a sense, we would be sending them on a 1-waone-way trip. that is what it would take so long. they would have to grow plants, recycle waste, everything that science fiction writers have been theorizing on. now we have a plan. bill: who is volunteerin

do we go back to moon or to the mars?we got to go to the moon first so we can go mars, because that will give you a dropping off point. to take and lift everything to the moon, that's the problem right there. once you're out of the earth's gravity, then it's a piece of cake. right. >> it looked like we might get some rain today. but it didn't happen. >> you just wait. here in the baltimore area, we've got some showers moving in a little later on. we've got storms showing up on radar to the south and west of us, and we'll see some showers later on. again, not everybody is going to see them. they're going to be very spotty around the region. that's basically the way it's going to be going this week. take a look outside right now. in downtown, kind of a -- well, yeah, it looks like it's going to do something. our temperature remains at 81 degrees. 44% humidity. wind from the east at 9. pressure falling 30.09. the tides tomorrow, five 32:00 in the morning. low tide 1:07 in the afternoon. winds continue from northeast at 6 to

alvin says there are more opportunities in space exploration in a mission to mars. there was debate about this amongst the fellow astronauts. some like charlie duke said no, you go back to the moon and explore the possibilities. we only spent days there 40 years ago. to not return would be a waste. they are just as fiery as ever, hammering it out back and forth. in the end, they said the one legacy they want people to walk away with when they think about this anniversary is inspiration, inspiration of the american spirit, inspiration of the can-do attitude of when a country comes together. we'll send it back to you. >>> thank you. we are streaming nasa tv on our website, myfoxdc.com if u want to watch tv. nasa's work is never ending. the crew of space shuttle endeavor are dealing with toilet issues at the international space station. one of the station's two commodes broke down. it could prove to be difficult. there are 13 people at the space station complex. astronauts will do the second of five space walks in a matter of minutes. nd. >>> folks in india are gearing

. >>> life on mars or beyond. we're not talking about anything bigger than a micro, but it completely change the way we look at everything. discovery channel is going discuss this. a new series called are we alone? once again, looking for the smallest of objects in the universe that will change everything. 6:45 as the morning edition continues and watch this . >>> this is wjz, wjz.com, baltimore. >>> good morning, maryland. now, don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary bubala, your first warning weather, and traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >>> it's friday. >>> it's the bottom of the hour, 6:29 and it's a humid hurry up out there. a few clouds moved in as well. marty in weather. >>> looking at first-warning doppler radar, i want to point out we have this stalled front down to the right-hand side of your screen and what is going on is this, we have moisture kind of running southwest and northeast up along that stalled front. that is giving us shower activity towards the c

on mars? >> i think it's in the foreseeable future. i don't think it will take that long. >> a lot of people are hoping that is the case. thank you for bringing the fascinating stuff. >>> coming up later this morning, the look for less. how to get affordable hair extensions in our makeover monday. >>> and later cinnamon buns and hot wings under 200 calories. believe it or not, [ alarm buzzes ] [ elevator bell dings, telephone rings ] [ indistinct conversations ] [ elevator bell dings ] good night america. [ alarm buzzes ] [ elevator bell dings, telephone rings ] [ indistinct conversations, elevator bell dings ] good night amer-- [ alarm buzzes, elevator bell dings ] [ female announcer ] nutri-grain. mmmm. one good decision can lead to another. ♪ made with real fruit and now with more of the whole grains your body needs. nutri-grain can help you eat better all day. >>> war bills as high as $4,000 for a 2 bedroom home. some city residents are wondering how that could be possible. they were hit w

coming up later a succeful mission to mars, so how com the stronauts and never left ear? d anotherovie you might say about the warn iraq, but is this one with a differenc >> for the first time, an african leaderas had to awer in courto charges of crimes against humanity. in thewitness sta at the inrnational criminal court, charles taylor has presented -- arles tayr has prevented -- has prested his defense. he has admitted that things ppened in sierra leone, murder, rape, the usef child soldiers, but he insts he plays noart. we have been wching the trial unfolds. >> when charles tlor sto to swear the kirk -- where the oath, it marked the firs time a former african head of ste had been called to answer charges of crimes againsmanatee. chaes taylor has spent many months in the pastwo years while the trial has been underway sitting impassively, listening to the ctalog of atrocities committed in sierra leone. he repeatedly denied any involveme. >> i and a father 14 children. grdchildren,ith love of humanity and i have foughtll my life to do what i thought was ightn the interes

. >> i thought we'd be back to the moon by the end of that decade and on our way to mars. >> reporter: buzz aldrin was the sec guy on the moon 40 years ago. in his sights, a permanent and growing colony on mars. >> the pilgrims on the mayflower did not come over and hang around plymouth rock looking for the way back home again. >> that's how they went to the vicinity of the moon. >> reporter: this is the apollo 11 command module that brought the astronauts safely home to earth. but the next generation rocket already has serious cost overruns. and they want to try to figure out what makes sense next. the next moon mission may include two rockets, one for the astronauts and another for cargo. they dock in space and then fly on in search of water on the moon. at a cost of perhaps $100 billion. many times more than nasa's current budget. >> we now seem to be -- think it's too much to put even 0.6% into the nasa budget. that is idiotic. >> reporter: in addition to providing jobs and sharpening america's technology edge, they argue we should go on to mars and beyond. in washington, bruce le

should the united states commit to a man mission to mars? so far 37 percent say yes. and 63 percent say no. kenneth from baltimore writes "i think we should take all of the nasa scientists and engineers, and give them one job, find a renewable cheap energy source that does no harm to the environment." we will have more responses coming up on the "late edition" at 11:00. . >> showers moved through the area tonight. and i will show you where they are, on hd radar coming up in the sky watch forecast. >> later on fox 45 news at 10:00. family trapped in this burning car. hear from the people that rescued them. >> if you know, then slow down. so if it helps you slow down, then you are obeying the law and these products and services will make you a better and safer driver. >> it has been a decade since the first red light cameras began to take pictures of violators in maryland. now it seems red light cameras are everywhere. and the state has given the green light for speed cameras. but what if there was a way to stop the cameras, before they spot you. in tonight's cover stor

they want a manned mission to mars. reporting live at the smithsonian, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> baltimore mayor sheila dixon and states attorney are calling for changes in the way maryland deals with juveniles accused of violent crimes they say short detentions have not been affective in reducing crimes they say they should be placed in centers longer periods of time. >>> michael vick will become a free man today. his dog fighting sentence is scheduled to end today. he will now be able to lose the electronic monitor he's been wearing under home confinement in virginia for the last two months of his 23 month sentence and allows him to work toward reinstatement in the nfl. >>> time for another "living $mart" report and jessica doyle is back with a preview of how our job prospects look the next few years it. >> could be a long slug the next few years but there is good news here. the u.s. won't see a return to full employment for six years, that is defined as a jobless rate of 5%. lawrence meyers predi

michael collins didn't dwell on the moon mission the instead they urged nasa to aim for a trip to mars. >> apollo 11 is a symbol of what a great nation and a great people can do if we work hard, work together and have strong leaders with vision and determination. that is what apollo 11 means to us today, to me today. >> it was the ultimate peaceful competition. usa versus ussr. i'll not assert that it was a diversion which prevented a war, nonetheless it was a diversion. it was intense. and it didllow both sides to take the high road. >> and the apollo crew members get another chance to make a pitch for a mars trip with they meet with president obama today at the white house. >>> mean wile the astronauts making history right now have a bit of a plumbing issue on their hands. one of the international space station's two toilets broke down and so far the crew has been unable to fix it. nasa says it's not urgent but it couldn't come at a worse time with the crew of "endeavour" a reco 13 people are now at the outpost. astronauts will try to fix the toilet again this morning. but today's sp

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. >> my favorite planet is mars. >> why do you like mars? is my favorite color. >> do you think when you get there it will be red though? >> yeah. of course. >> do you want to go to mars one day? >> yeah. >> what would you do once you get there? >> um, well, i can look at the volcano. >> the volcano. that would be fun. did you know what i wanted to be when i was your age was being an astronaut too and the one thing i wanted to do more than anything was pee on the moon. >> pee on the moon? [ laughter ] >> and do you have fun, do you like doing tv shows and doing all these quizzes and this sort of thing? >> yeah. >> you do? and you have a brother or sister, anything like that? >> one sister. >> how old is she? >> 3 years old. >> is she a genius too? >> um, no. [ laughter ] >> well, we'll give her a little bit of time, right? i can only imagine, i hope one day you'll come back here, although i won't be here, i'll probably choke to death on an easter treat. but one day you'll come back here and you'll be to mars. who knows what you will have bee