but a longer term for the nasa administrator have a positive effect on nasa? >> i think separating the nasa administrator from the political structure would be a mistake. i think that that kind of a situation would keep nasa out of the mainstream of were political thought is going. i do not think that would be the wise course. >> our community did not address it. >> do you have a judgment? >> i do not. i have not thought through. >> dr. pace? clerks i think a slightly longer term or a set term could be useful, -- >> i think a slightly longer term or set term could be useful. the longer>> thank you, mr. cha. it has been a real pleasure. >> it might be one thing the house and senate could agree on. [laughter] i recognize mr. miller, the gentleman from north carolina. >> mr. pace, that answer would also qualify you to be a lawyer. congressman walker, i was oferested in york idyour idea corporate sponsorships. i cannot quite imagine that picture of neil armstrong are ed white walking in space in spacesuits that made them look like nascar drivers. a part of me rebe

new companies have agreed to provide services to nasa and pursue business beyond nasa. those companies should not be seen as rivals are detriments. the are the outgrowth of past nasa successors. moreover, thinking in non- traditional entrepreneurial ways potentially can access tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars of private investment and nasa activities. if programs and centers were restructured to take advantage of its low of type -- private capital, there is no end to potential collaborations. dollars would anything he harmed if names were attached to particular projects -- would anything be harmed if names were attached to particular projects? formula one racing, the sponsorships their pay for operations costing $200 million to $300 million. that is enough for a whole space flight. congress will have to be willing to make some adjustments necessary to access that kind of future. when they go daddy rover is traversing martian terrain, will be more subtle and under way to fulfilling our destiny in the stars patrick will have assured that destiny .

that was one of the hall marks of the confidence that the public had in nasa at that time.e were able to get a team together and point out the failures and fix it. >> the testimony to congress helped convince the government and public although there was always risks nasa could learn from their mistakes and they should go ahead. >> the launch pad disaster may have allowed nasa to get to the moon faster than scheduled. >> we had an opportunity to work from the mistake. with you to accelerate the program. they had a goal to land on the moon by the end of the decade of the 60s. >> apollo 2 or 3, apollo 4, 5 and 6 were undamaged to test the sa safety of the probabling et. took two years before any went into orbit. apollo 7, 1968. >>> the space program was back but the slow re-entry wasn't going to be enough to meet the deadline and beat the soviets. it would require a daring and dramatic change of plan. dramatic change of plan. >> nasa rolls the dice betting or that printing in color had to cost a fortune. nobody said an all-in-one had to be bulky. or that you had to print from

that was one of the hall marks of the confidence that the public had in nasa at that time.e were able to get a team together and point out the failures and fix it. >> the testimony to congress helped convince the government and public although there was always risks nasa could learn from their mistakes and they should go ahead. >> the launch pad disaster may have allowed nasa to get to the moon faster than scheduled. >> we had an opportunity to work from the mistake. with you to accelerate the program. they had a goal to land on the moon by the end of the decade of the 60s. >> apollo 2 or 3, apollo 4, 5 and 6 were undamaged to test the sa safety of the probabling et. took two years before any went into orbit. apollo 7, 1968. >>> the space program was back but the slow re-entry wasn't going to be enough to meet the deadline and beat the soviets. it would require a daring and dramatic change of plan. dramatic change of plan. >> nasa rolls the dice betting [ malennouncer ] it's tt time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink cast

>>neil: nasa never designates apollo 2 or 3.o four, five and six were unmanned to test the safety of the rockets and it took two years before another american crew went in orbit. apollo 7, october 11, 1968. the space program was back but a slow re-entry wasn't going to be enough to meet the deadline of john f. kennedy and beat the soviets but it would require a daring change of plans. coming up, nasa rolls the dice betting everything on number eight. share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. shareable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. hurry in for a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. >>neil: 1968 was the year for chaos and conflict. martin luther king and robert f. kennedy assassinated and riots engulfing the city and the war in vietnam claiming the presidency for johnson and alienating millions of americans. against this backdrop, nasa resumed their manned flights and aimed to test in space the craft they hoped to land on the moon. a sudden change in plans

. >> a lot of things that nasa is doing is not as visible either. the impression that nothing is going on. the problem of having a more diffuse set of goals is that it's harder to keep the team focused and the public will focused on it. that seems to require more care and feeding. in terms of the technology, developing capabilities to send people beyond the earth orbit and into deep space on a fairly permanent basis and having rockets able to do that are the key to doing that and that is in the program. that is now being worked on. it's just perhaps faster with more money but it is still progressing. >> well, there are these ambitious goals that nasa has. talk about going to mars. having said that, at the same time, we were hearing today about this colorado-based company. they just said yesterday that they plan to send privately funded and built spacecraft to the moon by 2020. they say 15 to 20 nations are interested in those missions and it's much cheaper than nasa can do it for. >> as space technology advances, the things that we did five, 10, 20

that was one of the hall marks of the confidence that the public had in nasa at that time.to get a team together and point out the failures and fix it. >> the testimony to congress helped convince the government and public although there was always risks nasa could learn from their mistakes and they should go ahead. >> the launch pad disaster may have allowed nasa to get to the moon faster than scheduled. >> we had an opportunity to work from the mistake. with you to accelerate the program. they had a goal to land on the moon by the end of the decade of the 60s. >> apollo 2 or 3, apollo 4, 5 and 6 were undamaged to test the sa safety of the probabling et. took two years before any went into orbit. apollo 7, 1968. >>> the space program was back but the slow re-entry wasn't going to be enough to meet the deadline and beat the soviets. it would require a daring and dramatic change of plan. >> nasa rolls the dice betting everything on number 8. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends agains

these are not nasa accomplishments.y the way, the mission to go to the planets -- this includes those that were launched. not all of them were successful. but here is an average of 4.60 year -- 4.6 per year during that time of robotic planetary exploration. at the end of that time, exactly 10 years after the gulf on the moon, we have the first piloted space shuttle -- 10 years after the gulf on the moon, we have the first piloted space shuttle and more favorable access to space. now, in showing a slide that shows as three decades after that through 2011. 30 years. an average of two planetary missions per year. with robots. the shuttle, the mir, the russian soyuz, the international space station can only go where gagarin and glen went on their first lead. that is the only place we can go. isn't that kind of weird? the last 30 years. there were four manned space flights in 1961. actually, four for the first year. from the time that gagarin flew, there were four manned space flights. in 2004, there were four manned space f

i saw this popup from nasa, it was nasa that said, look, pac-men in space.o i have been talking with them, i said what are we seeing here in folks, this is simple. here's what this is. this is all the way up in saturn. saturn has a whole bunch of different moons. so we are seeing moons near saturn and what happens is, the yellow parts are the parts that nasa calls fluffy, and the blue parts are icy, they're cold. so what's happening is, these real powerful electrons are banging against that moon and when that happens, it turns some of that lighter stuff blue, it makes it icy, it makes it cold. as it turns, it gets blue, it gets cold. the yellow stuff turns to blue so what we're looking at looks like a pacman. >> they're using something called their infrared spe specktrometer, these still pictures came out like that. and nasa said they're piecing it apart. any time they get a chance to look at the universe and see hundreds of millions of things out there. >> and are you going to be showing people your specktrometer. >> if nasa's watching, we'll have it here t

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and a day after we all survived the end of the mayan calendar, nasa says we're going to avoid another end-of-the-world scenerio. and as you saw tonight on wgn the bulls had georgia on their mind as they took on the hawks. the highlights, later in sports. break this holiday, share everything. share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. shareable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. hurry in for a droid incredible 4g lte by htc for $49.99. [ male announcer ] years ago, when the inventors of twix unveiled their bar the tension between them reached a breaking point literally. so they divided the production between two separate factories. each factory took a vastly different approach. left twix flowed caramel on cookie while right twix cascaded caramel on cookie. left twix bathed in chocolate while right twix cloaked in chocolate. both bars as different as the vastly distinct men who invented them. to this day, sharing nothing but a wrapper and an ill-designed driveway. try both and pick a side. cooking can be a balancing act

how nasa says it can prove the world won't actually end in two days. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, nasa promisesun will on saturday. the space agency has been >>> all right. take a deep breath. nasa promises the sun will rise on saturday. >> the space agency has been busy debunking doomsday rumors for weeks. some think the world will simply end on friday because the mayan calendar stops there. others believe that a rogue planet or a massive meteor is on the way to destroy us. what's that? but scientists say busting that myth is as easy as looking out your window, dummy. >> one doomsday rumor has a planet, a rogue planet, planet x, coming into the solar system and crashing into earth. this is silly. if there were such an object, anybody would see it. it would be one of the brightest things in the sky. >> uh... as for the rumors about solar flares wiping us out, nasa says this solar cycle is the wimpest in half a century. >> wimpiest? >>> guess which nfl quarterback is the nfc player of the week. ,,,, [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [

this is nasa animation of voyager. area is called the magnetic highway and boundary that separates the solar system from the rest of space. now this means voyager one is on track to become the first man made object to exit solar system. when it will come is unknown partly because just no precedent. item fascinating. what an accomplishment. >> new to the thrown. up next britain royal family reveals some very big baby news. >> president obama takes to 20th tore push the solution to the fiscal cliff. g.o.p. makes a counter offer and now guess what, steal mate. how the cliff hanger will affect the family finances. >> president obama says the world is watching. his warning world is watching. his warning tonight to well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so g

how nasa says ,,,, it's time to change the way we clean. to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new lysol power & free. powerful cleaning that's family friendly. another step forward in our mission for health. nasa promises the sun will on saturday. the space agency has been >>> all right. take a deep breath. nasa promises the sun will rise on saturday. >> the space agency has been busy debunking doomsday rumors for weeks. some think the world will simply end on friday because the mayan calendar stops there. others believe that a rogue planet or a massive meteor is on the way to destroy us. what's that? but scientists say busting that myth is as easy as looking out your window, dummy. >> one doomsday rumor has a planet, a rogue planet, planet x, coming into the solar system and crashing into earth. this is si

no. 9, nasa space craft sent data about an asteroid.appears vesta went through planet evolution and it's one of a kind. to be one of e only one that's left. >> no. 8, you may have heard the term god pardon cal. the european nuclear center claims to have found it. why is it a ci,]w:qbig deal? think big bang theory. >> in this particle, this set off the explosion that creates the universe. >> after analyzing data generated by an accelerator. >> at 7, a leap of faith. record breaking jump. bub broke the free fall record jumping from 128,000 feet in a space suit. >> i said the whole world is watching and i wish the world could see. cambodiag5a[([ and a package cac 71 was aggressive. he was there when the mystery was solved. >> those organizism and them getting steroids. >> no. 5, space was the first promotional company to dock a space craft in the space station and marked a new beginning. private companies taking over nasa and sending humans to the station. >> no. 4, scientist found the largest in the world is in trouble. >> the great reef

all kinds of logos on the side of a nasa lawn of vehicle. the agency does continue to have its successes. i guess we'll see that this afternoon? those new hubble space photos? >> reporter: that's right. these promise to be remarkable photos, jon. we've already seen a few of them. in a conference call nasa offers explanations what we're looking at. we can say the images are looking fartherest back into time and space to capture the earliest stages of our universe that man has ever seen. we're talking 13 billion years ago, to see any further back than that, nasa needs a new telescope, the james webb telescope, which is now under development and but facing budget restrictions. it would pier back at the very first stars and creation of the very first galaxies. can't wait to see that, when and if it is launched, jon. jon: that will be interesting. doug mckelway in washington. thank you, doug. jenna: well, up next we'll turn our gaze to egypt, facing another political crisis. there is push, brand new push on capitol hill here in d.c. urging the go

after leaving nasa, he soon found himself as nasa's high speed flight station located at edwards which would in time become the dryden flight research center. he spent seven years there, flying a variety of new design aircraft including seven flights at the control of the x-15. sneel a good friend and he's sorely missed by me and by all the people who touched in his long and active life. he's survived by his wife, carol, two sons, a stepdaughter, a stepson, and 10 grandchildren. this bill also names the western err nautical test range as the -- after hugh l. dryden. he held the post -- he was deputy director of nasa until his death in 1965. he did research into the speed of sound. his work contributed to the design of wings for aircraft including the p-51 mustang and other world war ii aircraft. before i close, i want to tell something that was interesting. president clinton, i think it was on the 25th anniversary, invited neil to speak, knowing he probably wouldn't speak because he indicate head would not but he left the empty chair for him on the stage. as we got through the ceremony

you'll hear more about nasa's efforts later. and what i'm going to do1r is ge a little more background on challenge-driven innovation. and i'm going to do that just by plaijerrizing some people because it makes it a loteasier for me. i want to look at this quote, prize is a very old -- an old idea that is surprisingly powerful in our modern society. this is by a study that by mckenzie and company, back in 2010. prize is a very old idea, very powerful in our modern society. surprisingly powerful in our modern society. mckenzie also said this, 32,000, in 2010, there were 32,000no competitions, competitions, prizes, awards. that's a big number. it could be bigger but it's a big number, for one year, 32,000 competitions happened. to continue on in myk mckenzie also said this, while tens of thousands of prizes and awards are give out every year, we've been struck by the lack of conferences or professional associations to share best practices and facilitate collaboration. now there's some kind of relationship between what doing here

nasa needs a purpose.he panel recommended that nasa do internal organization and get more support from the congress and president about long term strategic goals and resources from the federal budget that will accomplish those in the near term. right now we have this long dry spell that is stretching ahead of us. jon: iu've also been a advocate privatizing parts of the space program and that is one big one underway. couple former nasa executives launching what they call a golden spike, two person private trip to the moon for $1.5 billion. do you think it is possible? >> technically possible, yes. it is a complicated scheme involving four rocket launches to get two or three people to the moon. and you know, it will depend on the first person willing to put up front money to develop the system. the customers they predict will be flowing in. that is the real challenge for the golden spike company to come up with the capital to develop the lunar lander, lunar surface space suits and put the whole package toget

these are not nasa accomplishments. by the way, the mission to go to the planets -- this includes those that were launched. not all of them were successful. but here is an average of 4.60 year -- 4.6 per year during that time of robotic planetary exploration. at the end of that time, exactly 10 years after the gulf on the moon, we have the first piloted space shuttle -- 10 years after the gulf on the moon, we have the first piloted space shuttle and more favorable access to space. now, in showing a slide that shows as three decades after that through 2011. 30 years. an average of two planetary missions per year. with robots. the shuttle, the mir, the russian soyuz, the international space station can only go where gagarin and glen went on their first lead. that is the only place we can go. isn't that kind of weird? the last 30 years. there were four manned space flights in 1961. actually, four for the first year. from the time that gagarin flew, there were four manned space flights. in 2004, there were four manned space

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twin probes from nasa collected the sound along with de tailed measurements of high energy particles. those scientists converging in the bay area to continue to share findings from the mars rover curiosity at the meeting of geophysical union, officials say the mars rover uncovered hints of clay in the planet's southern hemisphere. as we reported yesterday, the mars soil test also revealed some organic material but nasa says they're not sure if it's native to the planet. >>> an area once off the beaten path is now officially on the grid, and how to flip the switch today. it's going to help power homes. in tomorrow's morning commute could be a messy one. meteorologist rosemary orozco tells us who's going to feel the brunt of the storm that's currently moving in well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male anno

bueno aunque muchos se quedarÁn para ver la alineaciÓn los planetas esta noche, siento decirles que la nasaintiÓ que eso pase, nos vamos desde este mÁgico lugar nos vemos en el prÓximo (...) lo Único que me llevo aparte de mucha energÍa y amor de las personas que viven aquÍ es esta camiseta que dice, sobre sobre vivimos al fin del mundo. >>> regresamos con usted (risas) muchas gracias, verÓnica. >>> saludos a nuestra productora. >>> bienvenidos a la nueva era donde reine mucho la paz y amor familia y muchas bendiciones. >>> hoy es viernes 21 de

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never before seen images from nasa taken from satellite. they are spanning across africa to asia are being collected in a new nasa e-book called "earth as art." it's available in hard cover, electronically and as an app it will be free. >>> now let's take a look at the planet as a whole. the image was made from the data taken from the new satellite and according to nasa the view was constructed from the satellite's high resolution night images and then mapped over existing images of earth and as you can see the new image is completely cloud-free. the glowing you see across the planet is both part of natural and man made lights. i would like to see new york city in that. >> i like to see afternoon den 34th tree. >>> this time of year you need the warm clothes and some people simply can't afford them. so baltimore city public works officials they're helping out. they're accepting mittens, caps, gloves and scarves. it's part of the 39th annual mitten tree collection. it's taking place today at the municipal building. they will be donated throu

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. >>> today nasa crashed into the mood according to plan. how the end of one mission will be a tribute to a groundbreaking astronaut. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a new offer and some new optimism in washington that so-called fiscal cliff may b tara mergener o >>> those are nice holiday numbers. how about this? a new offer and new optimism in washington. the so-called "fiscal cliff" may be avoided. cbs reporter tara mergener on the talks pushing forward at the highest levels. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner refused to answer questions after meeting with president obama today-to- discuss the "fiscal cliff." >> any updates, mr. speaker? >> reporter: after weeks of deadlocks between the white house and congressional republicans, boehner changed course on friday. he is now offering to support tax increases for households making more than $1 million a year in exchange for a trillion dollars in spending cuts to entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid. >> the president has always said that part of this is revenue and part is spending cuts and he

he has been designated by nasa as an astrobiology ambassador. mr.itts, good to have you with us tonight. i don't know if any frequent flyer miles go with this or not. it's pretty exciting. do you think they're going to be able to pull this off? it's such a huge project. do you think it can actually happen? >> i just want to know if i have to bring my own sandwiches, ed. >> well, i would imagine they have something packaged up for them, seeing that these former nasa guys there, they know how to do this, right? >> yes, they do know how to do this. and you know what? they can pull this off. the way they plan to do this is by using existing technologies. and they're planning to use the infrastructure that is currently being built by the new commercial space ventures like spacex and others that are coming on line to fill in some of the international space station supply needs and things of that sort. and of course spacex is developing a heavy lift launch vehicle that could take payloads up to the moon. so this makes a lot of sense because you don't have

what left is nasa is left. >>jonathan: nasa made a video datelined the day after the apocalypse with this message. >> december 22, 2012. if you are watch this video, it means one thing: the world didn't end yesterday. >>shepard: it means they released it early. >>jonathan: nasa says there are no comets that will collide with the earth or nothing that will bun us up but they did it early which makes you wonder really they really are preparing and just wanted to put this out but if you want reliable evidence the world is not ending i talked to my brother in new zealand a short time ago and it is already december 21st and the world has not ended. and my brother when sober is very reliability. >>shepard: so it is the last day of the world. what would you do? >>jonathan: go home and hug my wife. >>shepard: ahhhh. i have to go to an art show. >>jonathan: that is a real way to end the world, that is a sign of the apocalypse. >>shepard: i thought the storm would wash him away but he floats. >>jonathan: he is a survivor

>> nasa has followed the edict, tracks of water wherever it might be in the solar system.herever you find water likelihood you'll find life or at least >>> well, there has been no shortage of water in the bay area lately but looks like we'll catch a break as the storm clouds part somewhat. still a few high clouds there in the distance and some patchy fog down below. but today, it is going to stay rain-free. temperatures outside, mainly in the 40s although a couple of 30s popping up in livermore and the napa area but as we head toward the afternoon, we'll see lots of 60s, some sunshine, and a couple of passing clouds. next couple of days, though, another storm rolls in. chance of rain late in the day on tuesday, rain into wednesday. >>> stupid pet tricks are now officially one of america's cultural achievements. david letterman received a kennedy center honor so did dustin hoffman and led zeppelin. we'll take you there ahead on cbs "this morning." [ male announcer ] there's chicken and there's juicy chicken best foods is the secret to making parmesan crusted chicken so juic

. >> in 1972, nasa says astronauts to the noon for the last time. no one has been back since. >> one giant leap for privately- owned commercial enterprises. >> former nasa employees have launched a new company. the privately-owned company said it will soon be offering commercial flights back to the lunar surface. >> our vision is to create a reliable and affordable u.s.- based commercial transportation system for women. >> the company says it will cost $1.4 billion for a two-man mission. it means countries like japan, south korea, and south africa will be able to carry out the search and exploration on the lunar surface. 40 years ago, only the vast resources of the u.s. could send astronauts to the moon. now, there is no political will or the money to do it again. according to one of the last man to set foot on the moon, it will be the private sector from now on that will lead the way back. >> it will be an entrepreneurial effort by private investors to -- obviously regulated and stationed by government -- but nevertheless managed by the private sec

air force colonel, current nasa astronauts dr. more than 4,000 hours in space aboard the space shuttle columbia on board the international space station, she's done it all. dr. coleman, katie, great to have you here. >> it's nice to be there. >> jamie: what is that anniversary, that date, today, mean to you? >> well, the fact that it's 40 years since apollo 17, in some ways, it seems like such a big number and yet, i think that what we've done in the meantime is just simply amazing and to think back this is the last time that we had people that walked on the moon, whatever we had one of these anniversaries, i call a friend of mine, andy tinken, wrote "a man on the moon", what were they thinking, what was it like for them. what kind of a mission. apparently apollo 17 broke all the records, it was the longest mission and they brought back the most lunar samples and longest time in lunar orbit and simply amazing mission and so, you know, in early december here in 2012 to celebrate 40 years, it makes me really proud of what i do today

two nasa spacecraft will crash into the service of the moon.t is the planned end to the mission to look at the gravitational field. >> the moon as it has never been seen before. the images making up this video were taken by the space laboratories. the size of a small washing machine, they started mapping the gravitational field in tandem. they think the moon has a shallow or cross than expected, the result of asteroids and comets impacts. this could provide a better understanding about how moons and other planets evolved. running low on fuel, nasa took a decision to hasten the spacecraft. alone, they would have been slowly drawn toward the moon surface and eventually crashing in. say there is a seven and 1 million chance they could have come down on one of the apollo landings. they said the spacecraft on a more direct course towards the lunar surface. the point of collision, a nun named mountain near the moon's north pole. traveling at 6000 kph, it will be destroyed on impact. the area will be in shadow meaning there will be no images of the cr

nasa constructed this picture using images from the new weather satellite. one scientist put it "unlike humans, the earth never sleeps. ." >>> one livermore light display is the biggest in the bay area. elizabeth cook is live. >> reporter: i have a question for you. have you set up your christmas decorations yet? >> yes, i have! >> reporter: you have! okay. well, let's see how yours compare to this. >> wow! >> reporter: this is dave's house of the doves! this year's theme: elfland. it was selected as hd tv's top-10 home displays in the u.s. and beat out the guinness book of world records for the most lights. and that national christmas tree with its 80,000 lights, it makes that look like charley brown's christmas tree. >> in is just over the top! >> it's sort of one of the first things we always do every year. it's just magical for me. >> reporter: it's a tradition that began 30 years ago by deacon dave. >> i wanted to do something for people of all faiths. >> reporter: he began with setting up a few lights around his livermore home. >> probably the building

. >>> also coming up, next stop, space, we will tell you about a milestone for a nasa mission and cover that cough. flu season in full swing. >> coming up later in the broadcast, we haven't said it too often, the golden state warriors in action tonight, first place and what is up with jim harbaugh and the quarterbacks? and angel pagan. is he going? is he staying? it is a tease. you have to hang on. later in this broadcast. >>> new tonight at 11:00 the text message turns 20 years old today. text message was sent in 1992 by a software engineer. it read merry christmas. six billion text messages are sent every day in the united states. and this may be the last year textusage increase -- text usage increases. >>> new tonight at 11:00 nasa's long running voyager entered a new region at the edge othe solar -- edge of the solar system. this is the magnetic highway and it is the last stop before interstellar space. the space between the stars. the findings were presented today in san francisco. tour of the outer planet. >>> we will be right back. -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we'r

well now nasa has stirred up some new excitement.l go public with something the recover curiosity has advertise covered on mars. little green men perhaps? we asked our science editor for "time" magazine who has the inside scoop. what do we think this will be. >> i hate to be the skunk at the picnic -- >> no green men? >> this has been overhyped. it all stemmed from one bit of phrasing from one nasa scientist who said this finding is one for the history books. but, remember, what belongs in history books when you're a very technical nasa researcher is different from what you and i think. >> not insignificant? >> not insignificant. . >> what are we talking about? >> my suspicion is but nobody will know until monday noon east coast time, some traces of methane which are by products of metabolism. so there could be martian bacteria that's producing this as a by product but could be geological methane. >> if martians were producing it, would that mean if they found it there must be life presently or does that mean there was life at one po

how nasa says it can prove the world will not end tomorrow. >> that's a good thing, right? guess. >> plus we continue to follow some breaking news in san francisco. crews have contained this fire near a historic fire station. our very own anne makovec is on the scene. we are going to have a live report from her and how it's affecting muni. >> and the market opened just about 10 minutes ago. let's take a quick check on the early numbers the dow is off a little, no big deal, same for nasa -- or something like that. >> we'll be back with the real numbers in a minute. ,,,, [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. why let constipation stry miralax.? mirlax works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into y

. >>> comienzo el con la confirmo de las nasa de que el mundo no se va a acabar maÑana 21 de diciembrealgunos que atribuyen este fenomenal calendario ma, ya dicen que no hay pruebas para ello. >>> entre tanto en mÉxico mimo de personas acuden a una zona considerada como la cuna de la cultura de los mayas para esperar lo que parece ser un cambio de ciclo. >>> julio con todos los detalles. >>> si el mundo se va a acabar que nos agarre bailando, pero aquÍ alos pies del templo saben que lo que viene el este de diciembre solo es el fin de una era. >>> en el ritmo la certeza que el fin del ciclo es el comienzo de uno nuevo. >>> los mayas apasionados con la astronomÍa desarrollaron varios ciclos de tiempo. >>> adriana es guÍa de duros taso la cuenta madre jazz termina el este de diciembre del 2012 lo que sigue son tiempos mejores. >>> una nueva esperanza no, la esperanza de vida para los que vienen, nuestros hijos, los nietos, se supone que como la gente maya estÁ basada en la espiritualidad fts va a ser el espÍritu que domine el nuevo ciclo. >>> encontramos don raÚl dÓnde forma al tiempo con

nasa is promising the sun will rise on saturday. the space agency has been busy debunk think doomsday rumors for weeks now, much of it tied to the mayan calendar which ends on friday. but nasa wants everyone to relax. >> the maya believe in cycles, and the current calendar is one of early cycles that last for thousands of years. there is no other maya calendar because the spanish arrived and civilization was essentially destroyed. they would have done the same thing that we do is just create a new calendar. >> regardless of the science behind it all, many doomsday preppers have been stockpiling supplies for years. >>> the next couple of days we may not even see the sun! >> not a whole lot of it. >> but showers certainly intermittent throughout the day. you'll see the calm before the storm, clear skies overhead right now. clear and cool the story tonight. but all of that changes as an approaching weather system makes its way inland. this storm system makes its way in late thursday afternoon into thursday evening. as it passes through