not this is something the astronauts initiated or the spacecraft initiated themselves, that they were able to get off the rocket as it was malfunctioning. the russians continuing to get us information. we re getting it as it comes along but it seems as though these two astronauts i wouldn t say they got lucky but they appeared to be extremely relaxed. is nasa in touch with the american astronaut now? i am not sure whether nasa is in touch with the american astronaut, but nasa put out information saying they know the astronaut is doing okay. while all of this was going on, when they noticed something was wrong where the booster and after they detached and was in a
old. nasa only has 12 space suits used for space walks. crew up there has a spare suit with them right now. that the suit is being customized and refitted so that mastracchio can head out it tomorrow. that is scary stuff. let s talk about the part they re trying to fix tomorrow. is nasa pretty confident that they can fix the problem? well, you know, we have no, no indication they would send the astronauts out if they were anything less than confident in the quality of suit they are swapping to. they have said the previous suit worn on saturday didn t put him in harm s way. this is something you want to be really certain about. we also know that since the incident back in july, nasa has also taken steps to just insure the astronauts safety once again. those steps include putting pads in the back of their helmets so they can tip their heads back and see if there s moisture coming into the helmets. they did not report feeling any moisture in their helmets on saturday. the astronauts
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nasa in the last four years of the bush administration immediately preceding bolden. he said something similar, nasa does have a role in inspiring people around the world in improving the image of the united states. but it does that by accomplishing great things. it did it by going to the moon or the space shuttle launches which are awesome any time anyone sees them. they didn t have a self-is steam promotion program. they promoted interest in themselves by making great accomplishments that seems to be missing right now. greta: we all say things that get misinterpreted or things we regret later. is nasa administrator backing down on this? did he say that s hot what i meant or in any way trying to minimize it? well, bolden has not come out and made any public statements so far. a spokesman for nasa has said of course, the agency s core mission is space exploration.
have been done this year to slow down or freeze spending or lower it? well, again, congress already enacting the appropriations bills for this year. we re already well into this fiscal year, so what congress will now be doing is turning to the appropriations process for fiscal year 2011 and that s what we re that s when this freeze begins. i d also point out, there s been a lot of confusion about that freeze for nonsecurity discretionary spending. as you now know, we re doing that while making investments in education, in r&d, and i would also point out, this is not off of an inflated base. we re freezing spending for this category of the budget, not including the recovery act. so it s not like there was this big increase and then we freeze off of that level. quickly, you talk about investments in r&d, but one thing you guys with were pulling back from is nasa. nasa s budget gets hit pretty hard. is the president going to stand behind this? there s going to be a lot of there s