Serve I was the 1st born it's Bible whole lot of trouble. Lot of trouble. Thank you and he's got about 70 seconds to pull it off so it should be all right I have to have a severe gets a warning the 2nd serves. Who can see the clock very very clearly it's opposite him hidden in the corner of the coal but visible to all at least all who know where it is his little Mrs A 1st as he serves again for the U.S. Open title but here comes a spider can. He leads the deciding sat on 5 Live by 5 games the full 2nd serve is good the backhand from that but at the forehand from the DOM evident goes crosscourt the backhand it's all running on to a full had never left on the line with attack had a doll's back handed to the net was the shot I do for moved on I was good or I just drags along the ground of the ball which is extreme groups can not get over that ball I was using very speired showed such and I thank you to crosspost posse shots so if you say this was part of the 1st writing for women I think you would be just awful hard topspin ball but I'm saying that's a low Scooter. You had that shot one hander though I love 50 down wish I don't go to another 1st serve into the net he's not getting that 65 percent ratio thus far in this game as he says for a 4th U.S. Open title and a 19th grand slam title in the doll. 2nd 715 in fact had returned from Medvedev the full hand from the tall backhand Medvedev backhaul a slice from the top never devil hit the full hand cross-court backhand from the very short landing in mid court a slice backhand from the doll the backhand from Medvedev a full hand from the doll trying to take the initiative again that slice for him from Medvedev home to the sideline cross Coco's Medvedev on to the baseline backhand from that but at down the line and now he will say it was a sad which was always Go ahead dives in the quarter was that of a love thing it's $50.00 Nidal says with a title Yeah but it had a perfect approach shot the ball with the best slice ever. Thinking in the whole way just wishing it out he would cheat your belt like blowouts you want to get his analysis a nasty high back and ball yes it was defensive shot but it wasn't just that floating high if you know what I would read but Dave said oh please go ahead but he couldn't get his arms up to do that to him and swing while he could probably could have tried to decide to leave 15 all another missed by Nidal that's 3 and. Go lucky on that last one I think. Second 15 all back counts that that at all with a full hand it's long was the 1st. 30 I think brought his arms with heavy. Traffic. Was explaining the 1st serve percentage drop the. Forced errors on top balls was used to having that video for stairs $45.00 in the do you want but that's got to be a match I found. $1530.00 plus the clock one is the noise from the crowd and it. Will. It would also take another minute it's kind of milked outlet for sure and he should . Just only go to for 7 to play that as he says for the US Open title very effective those struggling that is back in 1530 this is the better 1st of an incident that the book at the time had the day we were thinking so 1st slice back for him but you know bit of this it's usually a genius shot to add that don't over a lot of trouble for really no stupid it's getting just a little bit the sheer volume of I would serve all that time really is maybe this is a winner of the wide slot I was on set point in the 4th set decide to go for it so 30 year old with a $1.05 full Would it be a 3rd championship point or another great plot point for Daniel Medvedev and the dolls frailty owns of resurfaces as the 1st finds the nets $24000.00 people can be remarkably quiet when they want to be when the tension is this high 2nd serve backhand return from Medvedev forehand from the doll Medvedev hits his back Continental's full had sure that all lands it but in this rally until the shadow of the 4 had all the I was almost the sense of this played around me on the Rush stadium because Daniel Medvedev who was a double breaks out at the 52 in the deciding set now has the opportunity to level things up 5 games all I said she's written a lot of it as I think the right. Thing to do right away thank you very. Bright point down a little like Jenny says into the net I put. My foot after the point 450. 2nd the top backhand return from Medvedev the full hand from that all the pack him from that deficit Adolfo had forehand from Medvedev the telcos cross-court never have full had very very short the doubles full and kept alive by Medvedev with a lot of how is it just a little gold was the thought out the way and only so you would saw Michael I know the ovals like most of it should have made it go past what was it because with all showing a couple of balls or obsession to make the cross for the cover that side of the ball but thank God the the best. Is now. 4 hours and 49 minutes we've now been playing here all 5 lines he finds a fuss back Hammer Time for Medvedev drop shot but all the better but if they do all that was said to them that the thanks to the I think it was the out of the pool it was going to be said that Rob thank the was very bad but right that's right the batsman said you were going with the right the bread stall he said I was shocked looks so great when you make it so stupid was the be. So for the 3rd time championship point Rafael Nadal So when a full U.S. Open title. It was so good and so the full hand of Medvedev and there are a ton of thank passed said on to his back to the U.S. a price sincere on people you know get his hands on the trophy and above but he's be my out in the middle of the pool be the center of racing with the crowd who's given a. Constant support there they want to tell you what they tell you don't know where . It was well but you heard the shots at the end of the doll in the closing stages we heard those chants for Roger Federer and many times before but that's all now the whole night the U.S. Open champion. 19 runs and singles titles the cycle that we built was his in the middle of last week very very early to stay fit. He's done it he's done I put the finishing line again and it was. Absolutely spectacular it was absolutely thrilling and Jeff. Daniel Medvedev is my hero so I always won a lot of fans he has and I think the pooch when he gets back to yield next year absolutely phenomenal performance. Not their fault but next generation youngster respected the price 3 I think it's fair to say he is sharing how mentally tough it is on his face shots phenomenal he said germination is spectacular. And he showed that he's absolutely super star athlete and how quick is this guy is one of the servants waited there to send a tweet and played in the. Earliest stages it was a quick a slow go I did the same and it's right you can see he just moves officially such as move this big steps and gets around the court and that the last in the jump shot was absolutely perfect and he got to it from up from 6 but behind the baseline I mean this guy is unbelievable that way so yeah it's. Like you have to end the ball and I guess how is that bowling I mean he volley but I disagree that before right posture in Korea and he goes he said regarding count volley that is that is if we before the top before the tie that is the best volley I've ever seen anybody and it's true he played a fantastic match regulations to him as well so 4 hours and 15 minutes and all the record rock solid solid which is the U.S. Open 756357 full $66.00 full G.G. . Wow It is 12 minutes past 2 in the morning in the U.K. In part it was Chris Clary from the New York Times he said Donal Medvedev maybe the poster slightly looking guy I've seen in my life is wrestling down as his cost. He will lead the coup freshen up he'll speak to Harry we're told one sign on the Hill wave to all corners of the entourage stated with any T.V. Has left 5 sets in 5 hours grandson title number 19 the one behind Roger Federer a U.S. Open titles now 4 total career titles that stands at $82.00 and he's on an 11 match winning streak general Medvedev also decided to leave the cool to and freshen up and what really stood out for me about Daniel Medvedev patent Jeff a bass player one who's done a runner before the trophy and me for here is how cool calm and collected in defeat he looks very stoic as if to sort of sit there and go OK you know I try that's it but a man won and off we go just he's been combing his persona 5 through the course of these 5 hours well that's what we tell our kids it's what we tell our students as you go out there you try your hardest to leave it all out there and you know nothing to be ashamed of each child your absolute artist you do everything we can to when you say I mean to you his character was phenomenal out there he took the crowd he and he actually gave the fans and so he had nothing to be sorry about me we never thought he could play that well he showed us all how great he could play what a great player he's going to be in I'll tell you what he's going to be a force to reckon with and that's all he felt like he needed to do today man what it what a great player. He had some believable he was 36 in the world this time last year Donal Medvedev he has 50 wins for 29 he's still a 2 a leader but now rough and Ellis has crept up to 47 Medvedev was on a 12 match winning streak coming into this final he'd never been to the 2nd week of a Grand Slam and till they see this open when he made all the way to the final he he's won the prize in the bonus check for the North American hardcore serious crime . For what he's accomplished which is NOT say he is standing he spoke of how he's dedicated his life to this sport and it is paying off for Monday which is now here in the U.K. He's now the new world number 4 but Russell rightly says we see the name of the president has already been printed on stone to the board 2019 on a doll following on from you know that joke which last year Nadal the year before headlines for rough and on the conversation about The Greatest Of All Time will talk about that again Djokovic scored a few years left as has the dull Federer just one clear now 20 grand slam singles titles and we're very nearly ready for the presentation here in New York now is the author Ash Stadium everyone's had a couple of minutes to have a little bit of a break perhaps and just say what they have seen and it's a spectacular scene because it's night now in New York and of the moment the 2 players benches being lit up with spotlights. And we are seeing on the Please welcome the participants for tonight's men's singles championship trophy presentation tournament director David Brewer U.S.G.A. C.E.O. And executive director Gordon Smith U.S.T.A. Chairman of the board and president Patrick Goldbrick representing J.P. Morgan the chief financial officer Jennifer people. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of his 2nd or 2nd calendar year grand slam when it were I believe or at our host approached E.S.P.N. Chris we can do. Well thank you tennis fans the toughest test in tennis it's earned its refutations and I let's hear it for these 2000 task stick champion Bieb beat. You. And let's welcome now the Net Generation future champions 10 year old Sebastian Galen of the Robbie Wagner tournament Training Center 9 year old either Quincy Brewer John McEnroe tennis academy carrying the finalist and Champions Trophy. World Cup thank you just as yesterday has been erected in the middle of a cold. Thank you both to begin our ceremony we'd like to recognize the chair umpire for the final tally in Italy. If you like doing cheer on possibly spot the false Ramos last chance alley merely because she did. Post found guilty of enforcing the rules well and now on behalf of the great job I wish she were to blame it for we girls actual get a good job today because you are in recognition of 22 years of service to the U.S.D.A. The past 7 he's been this tournaments director. David Rose farewell to many years at the helm in various guises here and congratulations David and now it's my pleasure to introduce the chairman of the board president of the U.S.D.A. Patrick Galbraith. Now we will play what he's all right a ball man shall we were able to watch tonight thank you both. Bieber was the only thing I do Neal this is your 1st Grand Slam final we all know this is not your last you're going to be back be by was the owner off by what what can I say 9 years ago you won your 1st U.S. Open singles title tonight you win your 4th your 19th grand slam title. Was the you are one of the greatest in our sport and you're a great ambassador and we all look up to you thank you very much. The owner again on on behalf of the U.S. To. All our fans we appreciate it wherever wherever you are thank you very much you are a great son I had here in the in the stadium another fantastic U.S. Open thank you to the the old the and now let's hear it for our finalists His 1st was a classic 23 years of age we will see you again Medvedev was the was he joined the stoppings thank you so he did it on he's become the good guy wasn't isolation. You just went 5 hours and 5 sets with the. Biggest toughest fighter in tennis which means you are Congratulations on an incredible match by what have we never see a summer hard court season like the one you've put together here for finals one big title in Cincinnati and then Ted Knight What will you take from this yeah 1st of all I just want to congratulate her off. From Thai Teles something believe about Alex wages it will be the I want to congratulate human and you guys are doing an amazing job I mean the way you are playing is a joke it's very tough to put it against us and you know when I was looking on the screen and they were showing number one. Number 19 I was like if I would mean what would they show. I was able the . Yet again what you've done for tennis in general I mean I think 100000000 off kids watching you play want to play tennis and it's amazing for all sports thank you and congrats again. The with the how did you do with what did you do late in the 3rd set trying to surround to get yourself into a classic match to be honest in my mind I was already OK what do I say in the speech it's going to be soon in 20 minutes. Losing in 3 sets in the 1st final you know trying to give us a fight but not really and so I was like OK Anyway I have to fight for every ball and I have to see how it goes. It wasn't far off but unfortunately didn't go my way and I want to talk about you guys I know I know will earn during the tournament I said something kind of in a bad way now I'm saying it in a good way it's because of your energy guys I was here in the final people with the I was thank the I mean. Tonight is going to be always in my mind because I played in the biggest court. Tennis world and in the starts where as I say I was already thinking which speech should I use if you guys were pushing me to prolong this match because you want to see more thing he said because of you guys thank God I was fighting thank you was it was July 6th I think you're going to have a nice and long relationship with the crowd in New York. Yeah as I said Selectric. You are doing the for a reason I never said that it was not but you guys see that I can also change because I'm a human being I can make mistakes and again thank you very much from the bottom of the was the last but not the least I want to think might see everybody who was in the box today was in the box so they still weeks you go Francisco. I mean you are all. I mean this year a lot has changed for me including this final and without these guys it would be impossible and I just want to thank you all the fans for all this me who supported me you got. Gave me amazing energy my family my parents brought me to tennis to to play here tonight. I mean I will always forget someone in my city beach but be sure I think about you just thank you thank you for all the number of the with THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU present thank you God. God. Of the THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the seeds the be going to be the trophy the silver train and now the champion Rafael Nadal of the. Of the THAD of the thank you for your famously told us when you have to be prepared to suffer you suffer tonight your family suffered your team suffered what did it take to get through a little bit. I have been. An amazing find on the sense that I had more or less the much under control but honestly. The 1st was that I have to say. He's somebody one of the best semis I ever saw one on the sports teams I was since I was playing so tonight. Everybody So why is the number 4 play in the world already over there with 23 years old so many congratulations but everything with the top of the the way that he was able to fight to change the rhythm of the of the match was just incredible so well done to you well done to your great team that you had to hold the very best for the future I am sure you will have many more chances to win here so all that must. Be. Was. Difficult to stay had been one of the most emotional is nice in my tennis career now with that with all the support that all of you guys have been just amazing so of the of the of the thanks Normally I take it for the for the last game but today going to be the 1st thing thank you very very much everybody in all this is that you have been amazing. During the both which have been just incredible noise I really played on and on I'll play in front of all of you in this amazing history and I think there is no one a stadium in the world that is more energetic than this one so many many thanks for everything with us was that you are the king of play 12 French Opens But now you have 4 U.S. Opens and you join McEnroe Connors Sampras and Federer and you. The 4 U.S. Opens on a hard court what does that mean to you. That's so important for me in our victory means a lot on especially the way that the match. Became now so so difficult so it's often was able to hold. The nerves because the nerves were so high after having the match almost under control and then 5254 but I point so have been a crazy match and. Yeah. I don't know I just emotion how. Have the 5th of the emotional when you've been on your feet 5 hours congratulations thank you very much why. But I want to I want to say thank you very much everybody on the U.S.D.A. Everybody who makes possible possible they. All the security all the all the people who are around us doing the both ways and make this event so shall we special thank you very much for for everything. With. The end I want to remember a terrible thing that happened a. Few few weeks ago with good friends of us. He and his family those whose small son. Was a good friend of mine. He was a great tennis player is the moment just to send a big big hi to him to all his family. All the very best. The Been. In the last thing. My game I don't know how I will not be here if it might be my family I'm not there supporting Now I know I saw the video I saw here all of you suffering so much. Just can't say thank you very much for for all the support in the world moments in the bad moments during all my career have been amazing have all of have all of you around me and all without without you nothing of this will be possible and many many thanks for the thing thank you those. Of the thanks I just. I hope to see you next year thank you very very much. Of the 5 of us to put it off and it's all speed she's got to get how little trophy for a 4th time in Spanish save you more know. That. By. Telling her that no kind of a 5 gallon. And I wonder why like the mommy they got one the one Miami I mean what a lot of them on the album which is it might not have thought about the house I thought I'm going to buy that I was. Thankful to present the rewards a prize that's $3850000.00 from J.P. Morgan Jennifer peeps at. $3300000.00 pounds at the current exchange rate. And on the 50th anniversary of this grand slam Mr Bradley had her to present the trophy to Rafael Nadal Let's see the let's see Thank God label has the U.S. Open trophy his hands again he's got a hug for an adult he's handing over the silver trophy now an adult clutching it warmly. And. Showing it to everybody thank you litigated the yeah thank you for the 4th time in his career and now I think is facing the trophy but you get the delight. He thought it had got away. But he regained control in the end when the deciding set by 6 games to fall. And Rafa Nadal. Posing alongside Daniel best the deficit photos. The U.S. Open champion for a full time. And a few more photographs will take place. And then the celebrations will continue late into the night might take quite a while for rough on the bell to come and speak to the media a lot of other things that have to be done I think these 1st few moments with family and friends always very very special and then I'm sure they can find a restaurant or stay up until the early hours of Monday morning. No When you're in New York that you're definitely going to find some way to eat inside of a night you finish the 5th time the rest and all as one most cool grand slam titles in scenes and now before we let Jeff and Pat loose into the New York night because just as you mentioned you'll be there fool the rest of us when it happens with a rational final thoughts gentlemen on this finals we can't just be a kid and be a ski abscessing we will call when you have 1st Grand Slam title 1st Grand Slam final against me who is who is so desperate for that record and she is one away from equalling it and the savings he says and 5 hours not boy does he look exhausted he is now one away from Federal at 19 titles well Gigi I just have to think that everybody's been talking so much about the big 3 about Serena and Venus and the top players that we've watched for the last decade decade half maybe longer and see what is after that what are we ever going to see after that and here we got a really good glimpse of it on dress queue and Medvedev tennis These are some phenomenal athletes great players it is just becoming more and more international and more exciting more characters and you just never know what you're going to get and that's what makes it so exciting to watch me knowledge of history and for life and I love the game but I think keep sucking the back in every time I love it Pat It's been incredible it's come to an end and what a way for it to end yeah it was a phenomenal match as I say we were expecting expecting this sort of standard tennis from you know on the dollar versus joke of it Federer that sort of have rink of that sort of stuff but yeah for Medvedev What a performance he put in and you know it was really absolutely nothing in it it's exciting to see the young players come through. And he you know he's the 1st one to really break through. Didn't even know her name. For January I looked on the autonomy New Zealand and saw results which were the 1st one of this year and I went who's this girl and the issue is that you have so prodigious that the talent out there is just absolutely phenomenal and there's more players coming through but you know as we saw tonight it's. The $1.01 of the 3 legends that are very very tough to knock off. The greatest players for the greatest place to meet the 3 greatest players that at one time they were of a scene and they aren't going anywhere and it takes one heck of a performance which we almost saw tonight so it's tennis is exciting what a great state the tennis is in at the moment how exciting and look forward to the more more events to count Of course you straight open not that far away and it's crazy but it's just it's just around the corner rough Nidal continues to have photos taken into the customary biting of the trophy he's done now for 19 grand slam trophies and final words then from tennis correspondent Russophone I want to complete. Yeah it's been fantastic I really enjoyed watching Bianca and rescues performance right the way through the fortnight and the way Serena Williams played to get to the final and it was absorbing and dramatic in equal measure particularly the 2nd set of the final yesterday and we leave New York with in the men's competition another grand slam win for one of the big 3 but we know that doesn't tell the story at all yes to to stick to this amazing cha continues they've won 51 of the last 59 grand slams between them going back to the French Open in 2005 but the way Daniel Medvedev played here surely does give hope to him and to Alex Ferrer fans to follow sits a pass and pound such an offer the other members of the top 10 that but maybe they can push the big 3 very close in 2020. Russell Pat Jeff David produced the play enjoy your final evening in New York. No way for it to end 5 sets in 5 hours and roughened Elwyn's grand slam title number 19 after an epic battle with a Russia that Daniel never ever moves up to for in the world or what a way to bring the U.S. Open coverage to an end for another year thank you very much for being with us up next a little later than usual up all night but now with the time at 239 the news on 5 Live this year Clarkson on digital B.B.C. Sounds nasty gram and this is B.B.C. Radio 5 Live M.P.'s will vote again later on whether to hold an early general election is expected Boris Johnson's motion will be defeated though with the opposition parties or planning to vote against him the prime minister's due to hold talks in Dublin today meanwhile with the Irish T. Shirt. They're expected to discuss the Irish Bank stop which is designed to prevent heart border on the island tens of thousands of British Airways passengers and have their journeys disrupted this week because of a strike by the airlines pilots that began their 48 hour walk out at midnight in part of a long running dispute about pay B.A. Says it's ready and willing to resume talks of a trade union body the $2.00 you see has called for legal measures to tackle discrimination based on class at work it wants companies to have to report pay gaps between workers from different social backgrounds sport and as you've been hearing Rafa Nadal has won his 19th Grand Slam after beating Daniel Medvedev in a 5 set thriller in New York moved the 2 sets down before winning the 3rd and the 4th to get back into the game it's Nadal's 4th U.S. Open title with the rest the sports headlines here show just suck Australia have retained the Ashes in England for the 1st time in 18 years after a 185 run win in the 4th Test at Old Trafford England were 13 overs away from achieving an extraordinary draw Captain Joe Root insists he is the right man to continue to lead the side motor racing legend Mario Andretti says the Charlotte Clare is a future Formula One world champion for sure the 21 year old Monegasques draw. 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Dog care we'll open up the phone lines in a few minutes 1st though the biggest strike in British Airways history is now underway members of the British Airlines Pilots Association began achieved a walkout at midnight as part of a pay dispute with the airline be a is urging passengers affected by the walkout not to go to the airport Well Simon Calder is the travel editor of The Independent He's been following the dispute and its effects and a nasty one of the strike had been called It's simply about money Justin. An old fashioned pay dispute the airline is offering pilots pay increase they say is worth 11.5 percent over 3 years they say that the deal's already been accepted by members of the Unite union and the G.M. Be representing mostly cabin crew and ground staff respectively That means 9 out of 10 of be a staff have accepted a deal that the airline calls fair Balco the British Airline Pilots Association doesn't think it's good enough at all they want more cash and that would work out it $22.00 pounds on average per week per pilot now for an awful lot of people extra 20 pounds a week would be really quite a large thing but. British Airways says that senior captain is already on $3200.00 pounds a week so it's not going to notice he or she is not going to notice it that much the union says Well some people might be earning highest high figures but could debt pilots are on only 27000 pounds and so the 2 sides are a long way apart even though you have got a group of very well paid relatively speaking compared with others in the travel industry. The union representing them and you've got an airline is making very significant profits so caught in the middle of this furious for how of course is about term quarter of a 1000000 passengers and a lot of money because even though bridges Airways has been making a lot of money it's also stands to lose a lot of money for every single day of the strike Yes So we're just talking here about the 1st 2 days of strikes another one is has already been announced for the 27th of September maybe it will come on later but for the. These 2 days well the cancellations actually began on Sunday evening I make the 1st strike cancellation was a domestic flight from CAN'T WAIT TO jersey followed by similar ones to Edinburgh and Glasgow then that moved on to overseas departures to Heathrow from places like Abu Dabi to bide Nairobi and then a whole wave of flights Normally that would be setting off from North America round about 11 or 12 U.K. Time on on Sunday night including all 8 services from New York J.F.K. All the fronts from Boston to run so 2 out of 3 from Los Angeles one out of 3 from Miami now the funny thing about these flights is that pilots are unable to strike when they're away from base at Heathrow or Gatwick So those flights could all have operated but it seems that there is simply such a shortage of space for parking aircraft at Heathrow and Gatwick that they've had to cancel quite a lot so you've got disruption happening even before the strike starts effectively the whole flying program with a handful of exceptions is is rubbed out on. Monday and Tuesday some odd ones going on for the flight to Tokyo one nadir and one coming back from there as well on Monday and the Sydney Singapore Heathrow flight on Q.'s D is also running and if you other odds and ends but nothing significant compared with the 700 or so frightened being canceled and I calculate come back to your question be able to lose between 35 and 40000000 pounds per day in lost revenue but it then has significant costs finding hotels for passengers who journeys been delayed by a few days parking a whole load of 7 for. Sevens in various airports around the world isn't actually going to be very cheap and of course on top of that there's the unquantifiable loss of goodwill and furthermore the bookings that are going to other airlines easy Jet Virgin Atlantic and so on rather than behave because passengers think more can't take a risk with this important holiday a family trip business mission I'm going to book with someone else who I don't think will go on strike and if you do to fly be a work what rights do you have. Well luckily the rules are very clear. And it's basically 3 options this is under the European air passenger rights rules which BE A is obliged to observe now you can trivially get a full refund because. If your flight isn't going then you not only get the money back for that but you could get the money back for the return leg even if that's going in normally Now if you're a passenger whose plans have changed or you've perhaps found a cheaper alternative in the meantime that could be the right thing to do but I don't know if it's going to work for many people. Then they can book on a different date and British Airways very keen to push the idea of staying on be a little bit actually coming back on a different. Day and if you were going on only somewhere lovely light it host and ball and be a said flights not coming back have another couple of days at our expense I think I'd be tempted for that but by that. But the vast majority of people are going to want to be rebooked on the same time or as close to it as possible on a different airline and that has been done in a lot of cases be a has been rebooking with dozens of different airlines starting with easy ones like its partners Iberia half Spain and American Airlines and cat Aria ways which owns quite a lot of B.A. So they've done a fair amount of that but then everybody down at Gatwick mostly he's on a short haul flight there will be an equivalent flight on easy Jet and that would be the obvious one for people to go to but be a has declined to buy seats on easy Jet and the Civil Aviation Authority is getting increasingly interested in why B.A. Says it can't do. It says its reservation systems aren't compatible whereas that's not actually an allowable excuse B. A is supposed to buy the cheapest whether the most suitable alternative right there she's leaving as close to the original time as possible as a travel guru Simon Calder there so let's turn to our astronomy guru Ferguson I don't see Joe Dunkley use an astrophysicist at Princeton University in New Jersey author of our universe and astronomers guide here for our astronomy phone in if you like to join in the conversation if you've got any questions for and trust me from memory she can answer them or 808-590-9693 that's the number to call you can segs her on 85058 or e-mail awful night a B.B.C. Dog U.K. So Dr Dunkley Welcome back thanks for having me so I think we should really start with the big news of the weekend which is this missing Indian Space Agency probe where did they go wrong well I think it was at risk is just one of those unfortunate things that you know space space space is really hard it's really you know it's it's really hard to successfully you know Lawrence missions land missions and it's kind of to me it's a reminder of how hard space travel isn't for space exploration as so it's you know but it's still a great you know and every day people should still be trying to do this safe they'd succeeded not only would India have been the 4th nation I think to have landed a spacecraft on the moon but arguably it would have been the Pabst most exciting because they were exploring or not far from obviously apart from Apollo. 11 but it would there would have been explore its power. The mood that nobody else to travel to that's right yes so you say they meet I mean this incredible thing about you know the media's been so unexplored anyway right they've been just this number of visits both you know crude 3 people onboard and then visits from you know our explorers and some of it so much that we haven't explored. You know this this. You know we see the moon up and I say we say it's you know a space that way that shows itself to us and there's a there's a there's there's so much of it that we haven't been to and so. Yeah I wish I would have worked for you know figs we have to try again and it would inspire other nations as well I don't know if you saw this you know Vance been in space of the Indian space agency coming back imagine what a huge disappointment would have been for the inside a nation that the whole of the subcontinent if it had landed have probably changed the game some of the food that's right yeah I think I think this you know we're saying years gone past it was the U.S. And and Russia and now we're seeing also you know many more countries coming into the space game and I think I think going forward we're going to see a space exploration happening from these multiple nations working together also with with private companies and yes I think that inspires a nation when you do this and we all kind of saw this with our with the 50th anniversary of the American mainland and. Seem a success is a real inspiration but I do think that you know. Making days and even if they're not all successes I think will still be inspiring the nation so I hope that they'll be you know space enthusiasts and an astronomy and there's us in India who who feel extra excited by this NASA has said that it will return to the moon in the next couple of years would necessarily have to go where the Indian space agency was going to the South Pole. I think. You know different there are just different interesting codes different places right so. There is an interest in exploring different parts of the main of course and then there's also the home technological endeavor of trying to say how well you can actually land. A spacecraft on the main if you are for example then trying to go to Mars so you know this is one of the future that you know you can I think you go into the bay and as far as the range for exploring in May you know or going to the 1000000 for saying how well you can day for going even further so I think I you know I'm not sure what the exact. If the goals of the U.S. You know future U.S. Main mission of been completely determined spec there are these different kind of goals of a scientific for exploring the moon or are they kind of for technologically showing how well we can actually then launch further missions with all due respect she dotes a donkey let's put all the philosophical questions to one side because we've got some real nuts and bolts questions here Charlie once you know what's the what's the point to further space exploration that's more like a jolly well done Yeah good thing so. Here I think I think that one of the things is to learn and. OK So there's one I think that exciting thing one can do with space exploration and our own solar system is send Unkrich missions out just for example the moons of Jupiter and Saturn and they're these really exciting places these kind of icy manes could hardly life and one of our huge questions as humans I think is is there life elsewhere and say the opportunity to kind of to go to explore and China to find out if there's even life in our own solar system I think that's just genuinely exciting for humans. And so that's that that wouldn't be a place we'd send people to it's a place that we'd sand you know probes to a spacecraft because Charlie says look it's really exist expensive most places are way too far for humans to sensibly go to so Figgs vis worlds instead of attempting to contaminate and ruin any other worlds the way food Well yeah I think those 2 guys that I absolutely think that you know some of the biggest challenges that we're facing right now of making sure we have the world here to live on one thing I will say is you know my myself I'm an astronomer where my science mostly comes from just looking out into space rather than going out into space and up that's absolutely right that most of the stuff that's out there. We can't get we can only go and look at but it turns out that even to go and look at the stuff you often want to get out of Earth's atmosphere. And go somewhere out and a little bit out into space and actually have the ability to have astronauts that can go and kind of fix telescopes go in you know. Help make sure that we can kind of have have science observatories out there that is enabling us to look look much much further that we can ever go to but here I do think this this this issue of you know is it worth our time because we have these more pressing perhaps more pressing questions. I kind of see the scientific questions that we are asking our answer as you know the enrichment side of human life and of course we have to compliment that with you know the practical side of trying to make sure our planet has healthy to live on you know to be fair though to Dunkley Charlie bowled you what we call a your there. Is my understand that having the Ashes but I'll draw thrown under the arm one from R J H In Eden field uses simply and this is so easy Surely what is gravity. Well you know what that sounds easy but it's no that easy but you know the because it easy out there is it's this thing that the end if F. Ing feels close to another object that has some kind of mass that way something. You know and it's just does seem to be the case that anything that has. That does weigh something that has its own mass Holst other things towards it and this isn't Newton figured this out hundreds of years ago Einstein kind of refined it. But we still don't I think completely no. We don't completely understand but we you know. It's we say the effect of it all throughout space and a saying that the more massive something is the more post something towards it and we now we now kind of also have a sense of it this is throughout balanced on you know great great scientists that. It. Effects face itself gravity effects they said so so if you put something that's called mass in space it. Kind of distorts and bends that space but I keep a bowling ball on a rep a sheet bend stakes and other objects move toward says those things heavy things and swirl around of orbits around them because of the fact that they distorted space so here we have it we think we know something of gravity but we don't know we don't know everything of it I would say but every schoolboy things they know something about gravity they say you know what goes up must come down I must go barrel of gold I don't know I know the school girls know much more than a school boy. They know it's more complicated than sitting on apple tree and I have an apple fall on your head I think why we should go to goals schools but me sitting here now would I be where you are. As an astrophysicist at Princeton University in New Jersey what you thought I was excluding school goes from there. 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