launching this flight and spend billions. reporter: i would answer in two ways. besides climate change and space exploration, what he didn t mention was amazon. that s what got him here. what made him the richest man in the world is building amazon, changing commerce and the retail industry. he s obviously still chairman of the company. there s now a new ceo, but jeff bezos, there s no talk of amazon here. it s not focus. you can say is he only going to focus on space. remember, he s the richest person in the world. he has a lot of money. he can donate a lot to both. and woolsey what he does. if you listened, he said similar things to what we have heard from other astronauts. the profound experience. when you re in space and looking at earth, you want to protect it. he has the dough to do it. he has the brains. it s go time. we would love to see, all these
to get the best solutions for climate change, for people working together by bringing diverse minds, colors, genders, races together, we ll solve these problems. dr. gemson, let me bring you into the conversation again. folks that aren t space geeks may not recall that it was you in 1992 who broke the color barrier, there s a fantastic picture from september of 1992. and it was also, we should point out, the first group of astronauts selected to travel out of this world after the challenger, ploegs. explosion. so after you land, you come back down to earth. you re all amped up. what do you feel like when you return from space? how do you return to some semblance of normalcy? i m going to clean some stuff
billionaires love space, it would be great to see billionaires take this kind of will and competitive spirit to solving something else like climate change. solve it, rich boys. stephanie, great to have you as always live there in west texas. i know we ll see more of you throughout our coverage. we ll get to the news conference as soon as it begins. we expect it to start at any minute. until we do, i want to bring in a couple expert who is know everything about this. dr. may gemson is back with us, a former nasa astronaut, the first african-american woman to have traveled to space. also leading that starship project working toward human flight. it s great to see both of you on this big morning. let me start with you here. what s the message jeff bezos needs to deliver when he takes to the podium at the news conference moments from now that you haven t heard from him so far? what do you think?