and dock, i said piece of cake, i've been rendezvousing for 14 years now, i have been flying for 17,000 hours, all u you got to do is put your nose on the airplane that u you want to rendezvous with and just go. the first time i got in the simulator, the instructors, they didn't push back, they just said okay, another little snotty-nosed quid that thinks he knows everything, we'll just see. so i got in the shuttle mission stimulator and off shuttle to rendezvous with the space station or something and i didn't come within hundreds of miles. and it was because i was flying an airplane in the atmosphere that doesn't have to worry about orbital mechanics or anything of that stuff. and it seemed like the more i fought to get there, the favorite i got away, and then i learned a little bit about orbital mechanics and how you have to do stuff. when we go to mars, we're going to find the same problem, it's not like flying in lower earth orbit. we already know that, but what we don't know is what is it like flying? we're going to use an approach to an asteroid in luner orbit, to figure out how d

and learn how to rendezvous and dock. piece of cake. i've been flying airplanes for 14 years now, you know, i've got i don't know what i had several thousand hours, i don't need to learn any of this rendezvous stuff. all you got to do is put your nose on the airplane that you want to rendezvous with and just go. so first time i got in the simulator, you know, the instructors, they didn't push back. they just said okay another little snotty nosed kid who thinks he knows everything, we'll let him see. so i got in the shuttle mission stimulator and off shuttle to rendezvous with space station or something and i didn't come within hundreds of miles. and it was because i was flying an airplane in the atmosphere that doesn't have to worry about orbital mechanics or anything of that stuff. and you know it seemed like the more i fought to get there the farther i got away. and then i learned a little bit about orbital mechanics and how you have to do stuff. when we go to mars, we're going to find the same problem, it's not like fl

fort snelling was the rendezvous place for people during the civil war. 25,000 minnesotans served duringhe war. fort snelling was the portal for that. at the end of the war, they had left the war and returned to civilian life at the fort. the garrison at the fort fluctuated quite a bit depending on the year you are looking at. in the 1820's, most estimates are around 500 people would have been here at the fort. that is about 350 soldiers and 150 free and enslaved people. that is a rough estimate. during the 1830's, the garrison went down to 80 people at one point. so, it fluctuated based on the goals of the army, whether they wanted to have a large garrison of troops here. in 1837, the seminole wars were being fought in florida and a number of troops were called off from here. during world war ii, the numbers skyrocketed. over 300,000 men and women has to fort snelling as they were inducted into military service. this was a very busy place throughout its history. we're standing in front of the place that we believe that dred and harriet scott lived between 1836 and 1840. when they hear t

fort snelling was the rendezvous place for people during the civil war. served duringtans the war.ort snelling was the portal for that. war, they hadthe left the war and returned to civilian life at the fort. the garrison at the fort fluctuated quite a bit depending on the year you are looking at. in the 1820's, most estimates are around 500 people would have been here at the fort. and is about 350 soldiers 150 slaves and enslaved -- free and enslaved people. it fluctuated based on the goals of the army, whether they wanted to have a large garrison of troops here. in 1837, the seminal wars being fought in florida -- seminole wars were being fought in florida and a number of troops were called off from here. over 300,000 men and women has to fort snelling as they were inducted into military service. this was a very busy place throughout its history. we're standing in front of the place that we believe that dred and harriet scott lived between 1806 and 1840. when they hear the story of the enslaved people that were here, many of them are very surprised. they may have heard of dred sc

and dock, i said piece of cake, i've been rendezvousing for 14 years now, i have been flying for 17,000 hours, all u you got to do is put your nose on the airplane that u you want to rendezvous with and just go. the first time i got in the simulator, the instructors, they didn't push back, they just said okay, another little snotty-nosed quid that thinks he knows everything, we'll just see. so i got in the shuttle mission stimulator and off shuttle to rendezvous with the space station or something and i didn't come within hundreds of miles. and it was because i was flying an airplane in the atmosphere that doesn't have to worry about orbital mechanics or anything of that stuff. and it seemed like the more i fought to get there, the favorite i got away, and then i learned a little bit about orbital mechanics and how you have to do stuff. when we go to mars, we're going to find the same problem, it's not like flying in lower earth orbit. we already know that, but what we don't know is what is it like flying? we're going to use an approach to an asteroid in luner orbit, to figure out how d

a few days later they rendezvous with 50 ships coming up the bay. the biritish negotiate with a high command. key and skinner are allowed in the apple's cabin. there is a negotiation -- they are allowed in the admiral's cabin. in the course of negotiation, perhaps the british gave key and skinner a hard time and they ultimately let dr. beene's go free on one condition, that they had to witness the bombardment of fort mchenry and the attack on baltimore. because as the negotiations were taking place, the british high command figured that key and ski nner had seen too much of their preparations to attack baltimore. so they wanted to make sure they did not go back and tell all they knew. so now the stage is set for key to be an eyewitness to the bombardment to the british attack on baltimore. this is coming to an half weeks after the destruction of the government buildings and washington, d.c., a time in our nation where there were numerous battlefields in canada. a time where the war had not been going well. the treasure was bankrupt. many people thou

and dock, i said piece of cake, i've been rendezvousing for 14 years now, i have been flying for 17,000hours, all u you got to do is put your nose on the airplane that u you want to rendezvous with and just go. the first time i got in the simulator, the instructors, they didn't push back, they just said okay, another little snotty-nosed quid that thinks he knows everything, we'll just see. so i got in the shuttle mission stimulator and off shuttle to rendezvous with the space station or something and i didn't come within hundreds of miles. and it was because i was flying an airplane in the atmosphere that doesn't have to worry about orbital mechanics or anything of that stuff. and it seemed like the more i fought to get there, the favorite i got away, and then i learned a little bit about orbital mechanics and how you have to do stuff. when we go to mars, we're going to find the same problem, it's not like flying in lower earth orbit. we already know that, but what we don't know is what is it like flying? we're going to use an approach to an asteroid in luner orbit, to figure out how do

storm says the cia sends him to austria for a rendezvous. they will meet at the bus station.storm's most important spy mission so far he can't afford any mistakes, but almost immediately he is disobeying the cia. according to storm, the american agents have a very specific plan. walk by this bakery. take amina to a specific cafe that they have under surveillance. they want the first meeting with amina here in this cafe, realizing it is selling beer, no place for devout muslims, storm, without checking with his handlers changes the plan. he brings amina to a nearby mcdonald's, shows her anwar al-awlaki's notes on his computer but the cia agents are angry. storm says they think he has gone rogue. >> i improvise for myself, took control. >> aren't they supposed to be running you rather than you running them? >> in the ideal world, probably yes. >> bottom line, the cia can't be picky. to locate and eliminate anwar al-awlaki they need storm and they are willing to pay. if his plan works. >> you get a quarter of a million dollars from the cia when amina crosses into yemen? >> that

instead of reforming a rendezvous. what that really meant was a five instead of to produce some of that got lost in the discussion and in. i did some computer runs at mit. it was going to work anyway. so this is what i put together in out nine. call your attention to -- i cannot see what i'm pointing to flying once a year until now or beyond as necessary to keep a close. i don't show very much happening at the moon, but we can send what turned out to be mars exploration vehicles to 01 and l 2. now, this does not show a whole bunch of of the things that happened except nasa does not land on the moon. that was quite clear to me. why spend a lot of time talking about what they're going to do. we could do a cycling or but with the spacecraft i know that is necessary not. i retort to mars because nasa did not seem too interested in improvements, lunar orbit rendezvous even if you were doing it for reuse ability, not to land somebody on the surface but for tourism. flying by. coming back offline by the with. nasa didn't have

buzz aldrin co-authored a book called rendezvous, and which the heroine is an interlock take space commander, she says, she justifies an intergalactic multi-generational mission by saying no place on this planet is safe for ever. the universe is telling us, spread out our weight around and die. that's the point. spread out. >> host: that's right. i mean, if you're on the moon, a giant volcano on earth isn't going to get you. it might get the people you work with and might leave you in a bad situation, but hopefully you figure out how to get along. so yes, you have a chapter on how to survive all of this stuff. especially aliens. if there's an alien invasion they might know about the moon, anyway. i would say one of the major points of the book is that planetary defense has got to by definition be international. and i'm advocating that we have a planetary defense agency, or mass as a planetary defense partner. but the point is it's international, and that's good. if we all work together, the bottom line is on some level are no longer americans embraced and russians and chinese and japanese. w

buzz aldrin, co-authored the book, called "rendezvous at tiber" in which the heroin is an intergalactic space commander and she justifies an intergalactic multigenerational mission by saying, no place on this planet is safe forever. the universe is telling us, spread out or wait around and die, and that's the point. spread out. >> host: that's right. if you're on the moon, a dying volcano on earth won't get you. it's people you work with might leave you in a bad situation, but hopefully you figure out how to get along. so, you have a chapter on how to survive all of this stuff, and so -- except for the aliens. there's an alien vision -- they may know about the mom. anyway, stop kidding around. >> guest: one of the major points of the book is that plantare defense has got to by definition by international. and i'm advocating we have a planetary defense agency. or nasa has a planetary defense department. the point is it's international and that's good. if we all work together, the bottom line is, on some level we are no longer americans and brits and russians and chinese and japanese. we

. >> in the rendezvous between romance and capitalism, who really has the upper hand?this is my world, and if my sugar daddy can't con form to it, he doesn't belong in it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> at age 38, this guy, who we'll call mark, is already a self-made man. an entrepreneur living in downtown philadelphia. >> how did you become as successful as you are? >> selling real estate, getting a couple investments in, got into oil a couple years ago, basically started doing really well. >> mark married in his early 20s and had two kids soon after. when the marriage fell apart five years ago, he turned to the internet to find romance. on his terms. >> i just wanted somebody that would reconnect me to being younger. and then this came up. it was brand new, better rules, better women. it's just -- it just works. ♪ >> mark had stumbled on to a website called seeking arrangement. for a monthly fee, men and women can search for someone who catches their eye, message each other, and set up dates. but here, it's understood that women, or sugar babies, are young, and expect to be spoiled with g

he has written also books on ronald reagan, "rendezvous with destiny." he has written, most compellingly of reagan's challenge to a sitting republican president in 1976 which came with it a hair's breath of denying gerald ford his party's nomination and giving it to ronald reagan. craig will soon be out with a biography of newt gingrich. so, let's begin. each of our panelists has been asked to speak for a four or five or six minutes on some aspect that he has been thinking about regarding president reagan, 10 years after. after that, i will have a few questions for the panel. we'll have some lovely volunteers with a microphone walking around to ask any questions you want. i am thinking i will start up with a question that's being, can you tell us what might have changed and you're thinking of president reagan in the 10 years since his death? and what perhaps may have changed in the thinking of your view of the american people or historians or journalists cents president reagan's death? i was thinking lou cannon, let's start with you. we work in this dire

their affair was front-page news when he was then the governor caught lying about their secret rendezvousa strangely personal revelation from congressman mark sanford as he announces their split on facebook. will it cost him his political career again? >>> tourists take shelter as a brutal hurricane rips through a popular mexican resort area. and the storm is edded to the u.s., coming up next. whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. co: until you're sure you do.you need a hotel room bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is why i put the hotels.com mobile app on my mobile phone. hotels.com i don't need it right now. >>> welcome back to "the lead." continuing in politics, you might say congressman mark sanford changed his relationship status on facebook on friday. while the former south carolina governor did it in an epic heart on his sleeve post as opposed to a mere profile update, one thing is for sure, it's complicated. the republican's followers and the world at large got

she spread the word along the slave grapevine informing members about the time and place for a rendezvous. she might provide false information at first. once she found local prospects to her satisfaction, she made an appeal for embarking on the path of freedom. she crafted her expeditions with extreme care. white ab bolitionists reported that she used gospel music. she trudged along the road. saturday evening was the regular gathering time for recruits. as many slaves with family abroad off the plantation would go visit on saturday night and spend sunday with their family. any slave who took off with tubman on a saturday night would not be discovered missing until monday morning. once the absence was confirmed. his or her would get a poster printed on monday and couldn't get a poster printed until tuesday. which gave them a lead of a day. tubman demanded discipline. she was not afraid to exert her authority and forced everyone to tow the line. she carried a pistol and was prepared to use it. which earned her a reputation for toughness. there were occasions when circumstances dictated that

she spread the word along the slave grape vine informing members about the time and place for a rendezvous. she might provide false information at first to flush out betrayals. but once she found local prospects to her satisfaction, she made an appeal for embarking on the path to freedom. she crafted her expeditions with extreme care. moses used gospel music to signal to fugitives hidden along the road. she directed them by her songs as to whether she might show themselves or lie low. no one would notice what was sung by an old color woman. saturday evening was the regular gathering time for recruits. slaves would go visits on saturday night and spend sunday with their family. any slave who took off with tubman on a saturday night would not be discovered missing until monday morning. absence was confirmed, his or her master to monday sted printed on and couldn't get a notice in the paper until tuesday which gave harriet and her fugitives a lead of a day. on a mission behind enemy lines state, tubman demanded discipline. she was not afraid to exert her authority. she carried a pistol and pr

> july 21st, the eagle and its two-man crew lifted off the moon perfectly and climbed slowly to rendezvous, astronaut collins had kept a long and lonely vigil in the "columbia." the approaching eagle was a welcome sight. later the three men would share their reflections on this adventure with the world. >> i believe that from the early space flight, demonstrated a potential to carry out this type of a mission, and again it's a question of time until this would be accomplished. >> i think it's a technical triumph for this country to have done what it was going to do a number of years and then, by golly, do it. >> a relative ease in which we were able to carry out our mission which, of course, came after a very efficient and logical sequence of flights, i think this demonstrated we were on the right track when we took this commitment to go to the moon. >> i can see it as)i! the beginning. a beginning of a new age. pz÷ñ ♪nwc ♪ once again, the bright blue planet of earth rises over the lunar horizon. for those who had witnessed man's landing in the sea of tranquillity, the moon would never

modules we may preposition the habitation module around mars someplace ahead of time than we do the rendezvouswith that module and that's your return vehicle. you may preposition your return vehicle at mars and then come back. so instead of looking at a single mission, we're looking at we call it evolvable where it can -- we build positions, we position pieces up front and call it modular. we're starting to look at those things. can we take advantage of these natural satellites around mars and use those as in the mars architecture and use a piece of those for what we're trying to go do? we're looking a lot at high lipt kal earthorbbit. we're starting to take a different approach towards mars than we did before. our classic missions were more apollo style in a way. we launched everything in a campaign within a year and sent the spacecraft that you saw in the view graphs towards mars. i think we're going to do that maybe over a period of time over a period of years and build more of an evolvable piece. so we need all of us to start thinking maybe in a different way. so it's not a single mission

in their front yards, ping their families and anybody else, and head out to sea, hoping they can rendezvous with the ships. well, we were one of the first ships they saw. >> our flight deck will only take one helicopter at a time landing. there are no wheels. you only have kids. we were looking for another price to land. land. >>, of course, this was a big helicopter, thousands of pounds. we to figure out how to get it 15 feet over to the flight deck. >> you don't have time to think about what you do. you just had to do it. we opened up our flight deck, and they began to land, right after the other. some of shem shot at, holes in them. >> most of the vietnamese who came out-- i'm talking about the flight crews-- they're heavily armed, all with side arms, some with m-16 ready for anything, really. we had to disarm them. >> none of them had ever landed on a ship before. everybody had a gun. and about five minutes later-- we pushed his airplane over the side. i was the second one. i helped push that one over, too. and the third plane came in, it landed also. we push ited-- we'd thrown three he

. >> the first taped rendezvous went well. of the payment for the hit, a total of $5,000. but prosecutors wanted o.j. to talk to tony again, see if could get tony to make more incriminating statements. this time, they had the truck wired for sound and video and had o.j. meet tony in this parking lot the very next morning. >> we knew he was nervous. we could tell he was scared with what may happen. >> we didn't want him to contact dave woods. we didn't know if they would talk to each other. >> they had to move fast before they had a chance to talk to david woods? >> right. >> but now tony was on edge, suspicious and started accusing o.j. of setting him up. he anxiously searched the truck for wires and a camera and it got very intense. >> i don't have anything, man. just telling you what's going on. >> it was pretty intense. watching the recording as it is going on, i remember us sitting there with our guns in our lap. >> coming up, would teresa's killer really confess or might he get away with murder? >> i was a basket case. >>

and then do a rendezvous, and pre-position your vehicle for ba return from mars. we're looking at, we call it evolvable, where it can -- we build pieces, we position pieceu up front, and then we also calli it modular because we're trying to use similar components throughout the architecture.nd so we're starting to look at those things. femos and demos are also piecese for us. can we take advantage of the natural satellites around mars and use those in the mars arc tech ter and use a piece of those for what we're trying to go todo. we're looking a lot at high elliptical earth orbit transfers. and some of the stuff that buzz has been doing.we're we're taking a different approach toward mars than mars before. missions were more ssic apollo style in a way, where we launched everything in a campaign within a year, and seni the armada of spacecraft that you saw in the graph towards gn mars. i think we'l l do that over a ed period of time, over a period os years and build more of an evol evolvable vapiece. we need all of us to start thinking maybe in a different f way. i

both groups will rendezvous and ride around peninsula. friends say this was his favorite ride and 1 that he often did. >>> also happening today, a tribute to robin williams at comedy day at san francisco golden gate park. the free event runs from noon until 5:00 p.m. about 40 comedians will be performing. this year's show is dedicated to williams who made a few surprise appearances over the year. other past surprise guests have included whoopi goldberg, dave sha pell and ellen degenres. just look upender the weekend extra section right there in the middle of the home page. >>> nine people arrested after deck collapsed in the oakland hills. coming up what firefighters say may have caused it to give way. >> a british man is beheaded by the terror group, we have reaction this morning from both president obama and the british prime minister. >>> additional drop in temperatures coming our way for the afternoon. i'll line up those numbers for you and in the extended forecast the slight possibility of maybe a few showers. i'll show you that patt

the president that i was blessed to serve told us that we have a rendezvous with destiny.selves to assure, in the words of abraham lincoln, that we would ensure government of, by and for the people that it will not perish from this earth. . we often hear that we don't have heroes anymore. let me close with this from that commander in chief who called me a hero, who i never thought of myself as one. here he speaks of real heroes and the kind of leadership we need is reflected in what he is going to say. >> if we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, no other people on earth, it was because here in this land, we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. freedom and the dignity the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. the price for this freedom at times has been high but we have never been unwilling to pay that price. those who say we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. the sloping yules of arlington

what it's going to do now that it has rendezvoused with the red planet. >> super thin threats as powerful as a diamond. how researchers made it in the lab and its potential uses. that's all ahead. on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america >> it's time for one of today's discoveries, scientists may have found new way to harness the power of diamonds. researchers created diamond nano threads in the lab. >> they are said to be stronger and stiffer than today's strong effort polymers, made from a long strand of carbon atoms with a structure like diamonds. >> lighter, more fuel efficient cars to tables are applicantses. >> omar gonzalez is the iraq war veteran authorities say scaled the white house fence, outran secret service agents and got to the front door of the white house. his family says he has post traumatic stress disorder and needs help. >> we are joined by the founder of the wish project. mr. o'brien, thank you for being with us. having lived with ptsd yourself, when you see his behavior, what goes through your mind? >> i wonder how many times has he out to help and how man

the president i was blessed to serve said we had a rendezvous with destiny.s to ensure that government of, by, and for the people would not perish from the earth. we often hear that we do not have heroes anymore. let me close with this from that commander-in-chief who called me a hero, though i never thought of myself as one. here he speaks of real heroes in the kind of leadership that we need is reflected in what he is going to say. if we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because that here in this land we unleashed the energy of individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. the price for this freedom at times has been high. unwilling to been pay that price. those who say that we are in a time where there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. the sloping hills of arlington national cemetery with its row upon row of simple

the president that i was blessed to serve told us that we have a rendezvous with destiny.o commit ourselves to ensure the words of abraham lincoln, that we would ensure government of, by, and for the people that it will not perish from this earth. we often hear that we don't have heroes anymore. let me close with this from that commander-in-chief who called me a hero, though i never sought, thought of myself as one. here he speaks of real heroes and the kind of leadership that we need is reflected in what he's going to say. >> if we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prosperous as know the people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man toward greater extent than has ever been done before. freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available, and assured here than in any other place on earth. the price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay that price. those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't kno

modules we may preposition the habitation module around mars someplace ahead of time than we do the rendezvous with that module and that's your return vehicle. you may preposition your return vehicle at mars and then come back. so instead of looking at a single mission, we're looking at we call it evolvable where it can -- we build positions, we position pieces up front and call it modular. we're starting to look at those things. can we take advantage of these natural satellites around mars and use those as in the mars architecture and use a piece of those for what we're trying to go do? we're looking a lot at high lipt kal earthorbbit. we're starting to take a different approach towards mars than we did before. our classic missions were more apollo style in a way. we launched everything in a campaign within a year and sent the spacecraft that you saw in the view graphs towards mars. i think we're going to do that maybe over a period of time over a period of years and build more of an evolvable piece. so we need all of us to start thinking maybe in a different way. so it's not a single mission

afternoon talking about heroes to be president that i was blessed to serve told us that we have a rendezvousy. he asked us to commit ourselves to ensure in the words of abraham lincoln, that we would ensure government of by and for the people that it will not perish from this earth. we often hear that we don't have heroes anymore. let me close with this from that commander-in-chief who called me a hero, though i never sought, thought of myself as one. here he speaks the real hero's and the kind of leadership that we need is reflected in what he's going to say. >> if we look to the answer as to why for so many years we've achieved so much, prosperous as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available, and assured here than in any other place on earth. the price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay that price. those who say that we are in a time when there are no heroes,

we may preposition ahead of time and we do the rendezvous on the return vehicle.u may preposition your return vehicle at mars and then come back. instead of looking at a single monolithic mission we are looking at evolvable where it can -- we build pieces and position pieces up front and then call it modular because we are trying to use similar components. we are starting to look at those things. very interesting pieces can we take advantage of the natural satellites around mars and use those in the architecture and use a piece of those for what we are trying to do. we are looking at earth orbit transfers so we are not into gravity well and looking at cycler stuff. classic missions were more apollo style where we launched everything in a campaign within a year and spent the armada of space craft that you saw towards mars. i think we will do that over a period of time over a period of years and build more evolvable piece. we need all of us to start thinking maybe in a different way. it's not a single mission but it really is a pioneering aspect of how to move human

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