Mark strassmann tells us the future of space includes possibly as early as 2024, on the way to mars. Reporter this is the orrion. Neil armstrong wouldnt recognize whats inside. Come on down into the step. Reporter nasas Orion Program manager showed us theres room for four not three. Three identical displays you can put any display on any one of the panels. Reporter nasa wants an sls rocket, the most powerful ever, to launch orion to the moon. But orion and sls are years behind schedule and billions over budget. Michael collins rode to the moon on apollo 11. We should now be planning for a visit to mars, a trip to mars makes apollo look lik habitat s longterm living on the red planet. For example, every communication is delayed 20 minutes to reflect the time lag communicating between mars and earth. A moon landing would only be a stepping stone. This time when we go, though, were going to stay. Reporter nasa administrator says sustainability is paramount, harvesting the moons resources including its water ice. Were going to improve technology and capability and then were going to take that technology and capability on to mars. Reporter on to mars, but nasa has never laid out a plan of how theyre going to get there. The costs would be astronomical, clearly out of this world. But norah, first, they have to find a way to get back to the moon. All right. Mark strassmann, thank you. Still ahead on the cbs evening news from the Kennedy Space center, our exclusive interview with amazon ceo and space entrepreneur jeff bezos. He may play a Critical Role in the plan to go back to the moon. While you should heed warnings about the dangers hit about to hit much of the country. And a newly released video may release new clues into a fiery plane crash. S before she puts them in the dishwasher. So what does the dishwasher do . vo cascade platinum does the work for you. Prewashing and removing stuckon foods, the first time. mom wow thats clean vo cascade platinum. Americas new hope to return to the Lunar Service is called artimus, the goddess of the moon. And with space entrepreneur and amazon ceo jeff bezos. Nasa has plans to put the first woman on the moon in the next decade and bezos hopes his moon lander will be on that mission. Jeff, do you imagine that blue origin will be the First Company that returns us to the moon . Were going to be, i hope, an instrumental part of it in cooperation with dozens of companies and governments. Reporter its all part of a big push to return to the moon. What do you think happened since we havent landed someone on the moon since 1972 . Did we stop caring . Did we stop dreaming . My own feeling was that that was such an audacious project that when it was finished the resources to sustain it just werent available. Reporter it was the early 1960s in the height of the cold war. The soviets were the first in space. This nation should commit itself. Reporter but president kennedy was determined to beat them to the moon. Landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. He saw it as a way to mobilize our country that would advance freedom and humanity. I guarantee there were a lot of people at nasa that day gulping, were gonna what . How important is president ial leadership . I guess it depends on what president and where theyre leading us. Reporter the trump administrations goal is to get us back to the moon in the next five years. Rich guys seem to like rockets. Reporter but the relationship between President Trump and bezos at times can seem light years apart. Jeff, do you need the support of the president . To go back to the moon in the timeframe that the administration wants to do it, we absolutely need the support of the government. Caroline, is it time for a woman to set foot on the surface of the moon . Of course it is. Its past time. Reporter time may be running out on planet earth, which is why bezos says Space Exploration is critical to our survival. We are in the process of destroying this planet. Reporter he envisions a day when all pollutioncausing industry is moved to the moon. Eventually it will be much cheaper and simpler to make really complicated things in space and then send those objects back down to earth. How soon can that happen . I would think, you know, kind of timeframe of hundreds of years. Caroline, is that imaginable to you . Well, if i keep hearing jeff say it then i am beginning to be able to imagine it. Reporter blue origin and the other Space Companies are ramping up operations on the Florida Space coast. Right here where history was made 50 years ago. Liftoff on apollo 11. The only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are, in fact, standing on the shoulders of giants. Theyve got the flag up now. 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In a moment, well take you on a trip back to time to show you what virtually everyone in america was watching on tv on this day a half century ago. Tonight, something extraordinary, the moon has orbited the earth 66 the times since the apollo 11 mission in july of 1969. An astounding 94 of americans with their tvs on watched the coverage. Most of the sets were black and white. Only a third of u. S. Households had color, and most were turned to cbs and walter cronkite. This is cbs news color coverage of man on the moon. We are counting down toward the launch of the apollo 11. Reporter to cover the mission to the moon, cbs circled the earth. Peter in paris. From seattle. In amsterdam. Reporter e 3,00 reporters assigned here. Reporter cbs news space correspondent David Schoumacher was there. You know, i was just another tourist down there. We have a liftoff. When the launch went, everybody stood up and walter had devised his little catch phrase go, baby, go. And the whole crowd of 500 vips was shouting go, baby, go. Reporter with the astronauts on their way, the coverage would shift to cbs space headquarters in new york. Were learning at the same time were also broadcasting. Reporter joel was the director. His job, explaining each stage of that very complicated eightday mission. This shows the docking probe. Reporter with space age graphic simulations that rivalled reality. This is the evil genius behind the cbs coverage. The place is the lunar surface. Today there are still people going around swearing that we never went to the moon, that it was all joel that did it all in the studio. The eagle has landed. Reporter but the actual moon mission stole the show. 30 seconds. Reporter four days after the launch, more than half a billion people around the earth looked toward the heavens. Base here. The eagle has landed. There it is. There was a great fear in the studio. I couldnt do that. Yeah. I was calling my shots. And then suddenly i see wally moving his hand and i cut to him. He had a tear in his eye. I see walter, so i grabbed that shot. Walter is just rubbing his hands. Wally, say something. Im speechless. And thats the way it was 50 years ago today. Im Norah Odonnell at the Kennedy Space center in florida. Have a good evening. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. All this week weve been marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Mission that landed the first men on the moons surface. At this moment half a century about three astronauts were about halfway on their way to the moon. The golden anniversary of Neil Armstrongs historic moon walk is saturday saturday. Mark strassmann has the story from the Kennedy Space center in florida. Reporter orion looks like apollo from the outside, but Neil Armstrong wouldnt recognize whats inside. Come on down into the step. Reporter mark, nasas Orion Program manager, showed us there is room for four astronauts, not three. Were going to do what the astronauts will do on launch day. Reporter a half century of technological advances. Guidance in Navigation Centers and this control panel. Three identical displays you can put any display on any one of the panels. Reporter nasa wants an sls rocket, the most powerful ever, to launch orion to the moon. But orion and sls are years behind schedule and billions over budget. Michael collins rode to the moon on apollo 11. We should now be planning for a visit to mars. A trip to mars makes apollo look like childs play. Reporter mars is nasas ultimate goal. This hawaiian habitat simulates longterm living on the red planet. For example, every communication is delayed 20 minutes to reflect the time lag communicating between mars and earth. A moon landing would only be a stepping stone. This time when we go, though, were going to stay. Reporter nasa administrator jim says sustainability is paramount, harvesting the moons resources including water ice. Were going to improve technology and capability and then were going to take that technology and capability on to mars. The u. S. House of representatives voted to condemn President Trumps racist tweets aimed at four firstterm congresswomen whom he told to go back to where they came from. The vote was largely along party lines and just the latest chapter in the war of words between the president and his opponents. Nancy cordes reports. Reporter tension on the house floor today as democrats tried to convince their gop colleagues to condemn the president with immigrant lawmakers taking the lead. I came to this country from ba ae 11. I was born in ecuador. I igrimd itoe anmerican. Reporter their resolution takes aim at mr. Trumps claim that four women of color should go back to where they came from, even though three of them were born here. If i was white, people would not tell me to go back to china. Reporter the fourpage resolution strongly condemns president Donald Trumps racist comments that have legitimatized and increased fear and hatred of new americans and people of color. On twitter today, the president insisted, i dont have a racist its about time we lowered the temperature all across the board. Reporter the senates Top Republican tried to steer the conversation back to safer waters. Do you think that the president would be more likely to tone down his rhetoric if Republican Leaders like yourself spoke out more forcefully against it . Well, i think ive just said, i think everybody ought to tone down their rhetoric. But youve stopped short of calling his comments racist. Well, the president is not a racist. Reporter but none of it dissuaded President Trump who lashed out at the four freshmen lawmakers for the Third Straight day. Its my opinion they hate our country. Reporter he hammered what he called their filthy, vile, hateful and disgusting lies, without going into specifics. But i have a list of things here said by the congresswomen that is so bad, so horrible that i almost dont want to read it. Cbs this mornings gayle king sat down with members of the socalled squad to get their views on the controversy. What did you think when you read the tweet. Im dealing with the biggest bully ive ever had to deal with in my lifetime and trying to push back on that and trying to do all the job that weve all been sent here to do, which is centered around the people at home. This is a distraction. Do you feel enough republicans have spoken up against the president . Absolutely not. We just held a vote today and not a single republican could bring themselves, no matter what their Public Statement or what their public gesture or public discomfort, they could not bring themselves to have the basic human decency to vote against the statement that the president made on the floor. What message does that send . The normalization of it. The fact that its against our core american values, that theyre choosing him over country. There is both outrage and relief in new york city. The department of justice decided not to bring civil rights charges against the nypd officer involved in the infamous chokehold death on eric garner. Garners family is outraged. The officers supporters are relieved. Jeff pegues reports. He was killed in the streets. Reporter moments after hearing the decision, eric garners daughter stormed out of the federal courthouse. Federal cops dont want to prosecute. Nobody wants to hold nobody accountable. Reporter five years ago tomorrow, Nypd Police Officers confronted eric garner over allegations he was illegally selling cigarettes in staten island. Dont touch me. Reporter the arrest was captured by a cell phone camera. Within seconds officer Daniel Pantaleo had wrapped his arms around garners neck. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. Reporter garners cries of i cant breathe 11 times are among the last words he spoke before his death. Today federal prosecutors said the videotape alone was not enough to prove the officers had committed a federal crime. The evidence here does not support charging Police OfficerDaniel Pantaleo or any other officer with a federal criminal civil rights violation. There is more trouble in the persian gulf. The iranian navy has apparently seized a foreign oil tanker. The top u. S. Military commander for the middle east is on his way to the region and david martin is traveling with him. Reporter general Frank Mckenzie boarded his plane for a trip to the persian gulf just as news was breaking that iran had seized an oil tanker. The ship called the riah is reportedly owned by the United Arab Emirates and was seen being escorted by Iranian Naval vessels. At last report it was at anchor off an iranian island. Ive got nothing more than just initial reports on that. Obviously we would take that very seriously. Reporter mckenzie stopped today in oman, whose territorial waters extend into the strait of hormuz. Hes counting on shows of force from the aircraft carry lincoln and b52 bombers to keep iran from attempting to close the strait. Our ability to bring forces into the theater has acted to deter them, and i think were in a period right now, frankly, where theyre sort of recalculating and theyre trying to sort of gauge our intent. 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Michael collins, buzz aldrin and Neil Armstrong were in the apollo 11 shuttle speeding through space on their way to the moon in a rendezvous with destiny. Armstrong and aldrin would become the first humans to step foot on another planet. The actual moon walk, by the way, happened 50 years ago this coming saturday. Half a century later, historians tend to agree, it stands as humanitys greatest achievement to date. Houston, base here. The eagle has landed. Reporter before any steps could be taken here thats one small step for man reporter one giant leap had to be made on earth. Its going to be a journey, certainly, for the history books. Reporter and it all started with a push. Russia launched the first person into space in 1961, inspiring america to reach further. We choose to go to the moon. Reporter and to get there what we needed is one of these, the saturn five rocket, which was and is the most powerful rocket ever built. Here at the Apollo Saturn five center, you get a sense of its sheer size, 6 Million Pounds of fuel upon liftoff, enough power to drive the average car around the world 800 times. Reporter it commanded the worlds attention. More than a Million People reportedly travelled to see it. This is cbs news color coverage of man on the moon. Reporter millions more tuned in. The epic journey of apollo 11. Reporter as Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and Michael Collins headed out for another world. So it is now before they go on their gleaming vehicle that is poised and peaceful behind me on pad 39a that there is time, if only briefly in this busy morning to think of those three men and the burdens and hopes that they carry on behalf of all man kind. Reporter and at 9 32 a. M. Ignition sequence start. Reporter the sky, it seemed, was no longer the limit. Liftoff. We have a liftoff. 32 minutes past the hour. Liftoff on apollo 11. By the time the Apollo Program wrapped up in 1972, 12 astronauts had been to the moon, collecting rocks, hitting golf balls and driving in the lunar rover, a hightech dune buggy, but since then, nothing. Now nasa has a new goal, to get americans back on the moon by 2024. Mark strassmann has the details. This is one of the old apollo capsules. This actually belonged to apollo 14. Inside it, three men flew 1 4 million miles to the earth and returned safely. I want to show you now how nasa plans to go back too to the moon. Its been called apollo on steroids. Reporter this is orion, nasas first design of a space ship crew capsule since apollo. What nasa has been testing all the way to splash down we got to see up close at the Johnson Space center. We put these on to make sure when were getting in and out since we are not astronauts we dont hurt ourselves. Reporter from the outside orion looks similar to apollos capsule. Come on down into the step. Reporter but climb inside. Mark oversees nasas Orion Program. The capsule is 50 bigger than apollos, roomy enough for fou astronauts. So youll be the pilot today, ill be the commander. Reporter at eye level, a 21st Century Space dashboard. Just one example of how this moon shot will be different. When we went last time the goal was land a person on the moon and return them safely to earth. And we did that. This time its a little different. Its about a sustainable, longterm human Space Exploration program. Reporter orion would launch on top an sls rocket designed to be more powerful than the apollo era saturn five. E orions crew would dock there and take a lunar lander down to the earths surface. A handful of companies are now proposing designs for gateway. Watch your head. Reporter frank showed us ,his rop grummans mockup. Would be open for the crew to go back and forth. Reporter up to four h thats a berth that a crew member would go in when its time to go to sleep. The apollo astronauts were basically living out of their car to and from the moon. This is more of a home. Its a place they can cook their food, gather and socialized but really do their work. Reporter but the orion and sls rocket are years behind schedule and billions over budget. In march the trump administration, fed up, ordered nasa to put americans back on the moon by 2024. If nasas not currently capable of landing american astronauts on the moon in five years, we need to change the organization, not the mission. Reporter nasa did just that last week. Ousting the top two managers of the artemis program. It was entirely my decision, but at the end of the day, we need to be very clear that nasa is committed to cost and schedule. Reporter nasa administrator jim says it could take 20 billion additional over five years to meet that new deadline. My next step is to get the support from the United States congress. How realistic is it were going to have people on the moon by 2024 . 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I think what it means to us is a great inspirational moment to think back to what the teams were able to accomplish when they really put their minds to something and they took on the challenge that was so huge that they knew it would alter the course of history. We feel connected to that event because were so honored to be a part of the Space Program today and to continue their legacy. Were in a period now where were able to explore the frontiers of science and uncover and unlock amazing secrets that help to benefit life on earth. So feeling that connection and that inspiration is really what it means to us today. Nick, youve had the experience of a pretty hairy near abort after launch in a rocket. In fact, it was a full abort. With that in mind, can you help us understand what the apollo 11 astronauts must have been thinking as they prepared for launch 50 years ago this morning . You know, i think that every person thats strapped themselves into a rocket thinks the same things. Youve spent many years training for that moment to try to do everything perfect and to, you know, if something doesnt work right with the system, to figure out how to work around it, and thats what we train for. There is a massive team on the ground that prepares you for that. So thats what gives you the confidence going in, knowing that this that youve got this gigantic team of 100,000 or hundreds of thousands of people that are supporting you and making it all possible and that theyre as committed to making it a Successful Mission as you are. And so the second time i got into the rocket, i was just as confident as the first time i got into the rocket, and its because of that team. Hey, christina, youve said that being in space and seeing the perspective of the earth from above the socalled overview effect has reminded you that we are one on this planet. Can you talk a bit about how ones perspective changes being in space and what it might mean if everybody got that perspective . Youre exactly right. The perspective of looking down on the earth from here is a big reminder that as humans we share the most fundamental aspects of who we are, and that were way more alike than we are different, and that those differences are just as exciting and they often arise from just the amazing geographical differences of where were from on this wonderful planet. I think that the apollo astronauts had an even more amazing perspective of earth. The photograph, the famous photograph of earth rise, earth taken from the moon, really showed us that we are on one planet and that that planet is what sustains us all and what we have in common. And i think that if everyone had the opportunity to see that, we would certainly know that deep down we are all the same and we can accomplish the best things and the greatest things when we Work Together as humans. Well, nick haig is expected to return to earth in the fall. Meanwhile, Christina Koch will remain in orbit until february 2020, by which time shell have set the record for the longest single space flight by a woman. Back to apollo, Tony Dokoupil got a behind the scenes tour of the Kennedy Space center by somebody who knows his way around, f th of tm walked 6th, 1969 at 4 a. M. , the astronauts would have woken up here at astronaut crew quarters. They would have been in a bedroom just down this hallway to the right and made their way to the dining room where on the menu anything they wanted, but what they happened to choose was scrambled eggs, steak, toast, orange juice and coffee. How are they thinking about that flight to come . I think theyre thinking, youve practiced for it so you know what to expect. 4 15 a. M. Wake up, breakfast, then they show up here in the suit room. So you got your suit on and sat down in that seat and they hook you up to these panels to make sure everything was working correctly before you headed out. So all suited up now the three apollo 11 astronauts walked down this hallway . Right. With the team supporting them. Standing at the door cheering and clapping. Get over here and get on the elevator to get on the astro van to go down to the pad. Once you go out those doors and you see the cameras and you see the people, i got to imagine these guys realize the whole world is watching. You walk out and everybodys cheering and clapping and it makes you feel proud. We were just in the crew quarters where the crew gets dressed. Right. Correct me if im wrong, where the rocket gets dressed. The saturn five is still the biggest rocket ever made. To put that thing together, you had to build what it is biggest buildings ever made . Absolutely. These ceilings are 500plus feet. I think its 535 when youre on the roof. Were on our way to the roof. Were at the 34 level now and were going to get on a different elevator that goes all the way to the top. 50 years ago the caller transporter would pick up the mobile launcher with the rocket on it. Go less than a mile an hour and head out that 3 1 2 mile trek to the pad. You say 39b is our future . When you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. Hi, im joel osteen. Im excited about being with you every week. I hope youll tune in. Youll be inspired, youll be encouraged. Im looking forward to seeing you right here. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race thats been designed for you. Do you think you have work ethic . Well, Steve Hartman found a guy who can teach us all a thing or two. Reporter when you reach a certain age, just getting down to the driveway can feel like a full days work, but for 97yearold bennie facido of perth amboy, new jersey, overcoming those stairs is just the beginning of his work day. Two days a week he clocks in for a fourhour shift. There it is. His job . Bag boy at the local stop shop. See that . See how nice i do it . Reporter bennie used to be a Warehouse Supervisor for a cosmetics company. He supposedly retired back in the 80s but hes been doing odd jobs ever since because he says he loves a hard days work and always has. What was your first job you ever had . Who me . Yeah. A shoe shiner. We had a shoe shine shop when i was young. At what age . 7 or so. So youd shine shoes and then what did you do . Then id go home. No, what was your next job. I went to Barber School and then i went to the army. He was a gunnar on a b25 mitchell Bomber Flying mostly over Northern Africa and italy. Today his italian casualties are far less consequential. But he still approaches his job with that same tireless warriorlike determination. For example, bennie says hed sooner stack a honey dew on white bread than loaf around the job. I dont take no breaks. No breaks . No breaks. Bennie will never take a break. Never . Never. Mike moss is the assistant manager. What if you went up to him right now and said, bennie, its break time . Hell yell at me. I learned that the hard way. I dont want it. Take a break. Take a load off. I dont want to stop. Dont tell me how to work. See the light on . Thats where im going. When i pressed bennie on this, he said something really interesting. He said, why would i take a break when i only get to work four hours . He actually put it that way. I only get to work four hours, as if bagging groceries was some kind of privilege bestowed upon him. I get a feeling that i did something good. Mmmhmm. You cant just s like an idiot. You have to have a reason to keep alive. Youre welcome, sir. Reporter for bennie, that reason is to go out and earn, not just a paycheck but a purpose. He says you need to contribute at all times and avoid breaks at all costs. You go sit down. No, i dont want to sit down. There is no slowing him down. 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