Actually been in space and that is astronaut Leland Melvin and, mr. Melvin, you write that your book is called chasing space and you write that it had all begun with a dropped pass. Yeah, exactly. A dropped path, i pass. I block a lot and we were at a homecoming game. The ball was perfectly thrown in the game and i dropped a touchdown pass in my hands and the thing is a scout was there from the university of richmond looking to see if i could play football for the team. He walked out of the stadium, my coach green believed in me, this time i caught the ball, that one catch resulted in 180,000dollar scholarship to the university of richmond because the coach said he didnt give up, he kept going. That was the grits and the first and the second chance. How did you get from playing from the university of richmond spiders to Space Shuttle missions . I think the turning of season from 010 around to 38 in playoffs brought the College Scout and then all of the hard work and dedication and disc
Fire, john young who is not a liar is a friend of mine who interviewed me to become an astronaut, walked on the moon. I believe in this man, he is an honest honorable person. I believe in the Space Program and i know we have walked on the moon because of the efforts to help advance our civilizations and listen to these conspiracy theorists. Some who dont believe the earth is round. I have seen the earth from space, the earth is round. You cant buy into this stuff on you youto be. Any more scientists with analytical minds that can discern these Different Things and understand these things are real. Host you talk about the twang . Guest when you are sitting in the shuttle for three main engines come on and are off from the stack, the entire shuttle rotates forward and we come back, the main engines light, there are eight bolts with explosive charges that are ignited and they blow away and we are off and it is amazing because when you come back up, but weighing on a screen door you open,
Kennedy for a look at what we of the day. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news at the top of the hour. There are no trouble the capital city. But as always. We will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you if anything changes for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get four republican president ial hopefuls will be discussing faith. Right here in South Carolina. The conservative leaderships projects says former Florida Governor jeb bush, ben carson, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio will be in greenville today for the faith and family forum. The event runs from noon until 5 30 at the founders memorial amphitorum. The forum comes a day before all the gop president ial hopefuls take the stage in greenville for a debate. That will take place at the peace center. At eight tomorrow night. Ahead of todays forum
We should be kind of generally in kind of the low to mid 50s at this point with highs nearing 60 based on our averages so were still below normal. Were going to end up below normal this afternoon. Clear skies. Also good news, its also warmer but the winds are pretty much calm for us. Thats something we havent been able to say at all during the last couple of days. Its been extremely windy. Wind gusts of 45 miles an hour both tuesday and wednesday. Right around five to 10. Mostly sunny skies. Well add in a few more clouds tonight. That should keep us a little bit warmer but still a cold night. Lows just above freezing for most of us here locally. Several spots below freezing. It looks like more cold air on the way. Its a good thing that its is conducting a prescribed burn. Controlled burn started at 11 00 this morning for timber improvement and wildfire reduction. Todays burnings are taking part at harvest and state forest and on the peachtree rock preserve in lexington. So if you see s
Richland county and the Gills Creek Watershed Association explain details like the cost of the project, where the money is coming from and how it would impact their property lines. The greenway would start where kill born road intersects with shady lane and follows gills creek south to bluff road. Heres the concern. Some say the community would benefit from the trails and picnic areas while others say they dont like the idea. Considering the flood damaged area has a long road to recovery after the october floods, think people should have a different perspective on what Mother Nature can do and this natural wetland should probably be left alone. I think it will give destruct to the harmony and peace in this neighborhood. A lot of the other cities have a lot of greenway that have improved Property Values in the area and drawn folks from other communities. Now, the multimillion dollar project would funded by the Richland County transportation penny tax. That was another concern addressed