how the state is preparing and why this will be the second round of flooding for some. plus, we are on the eve of history. one day away from the launch of artemis i, nasa s next mission to the moon. how the forecast is shaping up and some of the more interesting things that are heading up to space in that rocket. plus, how extreme weather is uncovering some of the world s ancient treasures. thanks so much for waking up with us this sunday, august 28th. we hope you re having a great weekend. the start of a new week. good morning. i have a confession to make, i just gorged myself with a cupcake for breakfast, so i m beating you out on the prosciutto, much healthier. good to be with you. the sugar keeping me awake. some news to get to this morning. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents found at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the director of national intelligence tells congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the doc
with artemis i, we re going to make sure it is fully ready for the next humans. and so and also it is going to go 40,000 miles further than any human-rated spacecraft, making way and testing the systems so that one day humans can set foot on mars. and, janet, what is it that they re specifically looking at with the first artemis launch. what aspects of this launch are they studying to ensure they ll be ready for the moon in 2025? well, it is like it is really fantastic. there are three mannequins on board, two have torsos with all kinds of radiation sensors. another one called commander campos, and it is going to be equipped with all kinds of radiation sensors to test the levels of radiation that a human might endure on a very long-term mission. and, you know, on the moon. they re going to be releasing
there will be 31 women in mission control and so it is historic on so many levels. and i think it is going to prompt an entire generation, like the apollo program did, and in the words of gene cernan, i would love to leave with this, when he was leaving the moon, he really kind of urges all of us to think about that, god willing we shall return, and we will do so with peace and hope for mankind. and that s my hope for the artemis mission as it launches tomorrow, that we do so with the idea of peace and hope for all mankind. such meaningful words. yes. that is everyone s goal, right? thank you so much, janet ivey, for being with us. and, yes, fingers crossed for a good weather window between 8:33 and 10:33. thank you so much. thank you so much, janet. nasa engineers are looking
systems. so for artemis ii, we re ready to fly a crewed mission to fly to the moon. and the first woman and the first person of color on the moon and get there their boot prints there. there are so many cool aspects to that, first woman, first person of color, rocket scientists can even achieve a feat like this is just mind boggling to me. so, when we talk about the goal, janet, so 2025, not that far away, right, to get someone on the moon. but there is also a plan to get an artemis base camp up there, like housing for the astronauts. that sounds pretty out there. e explain what is the goal there. walk us through what it is going to look like up on the moon. to establish that lunar moon base, what friends like my friend robert howard jr. at nasa has been aiming for a long time is to test out those systems
what did i miss? what are you all laughing about? every time we have janet on, she has amazing backgrounds. i call her the snoceo of snazzy backgrounds. we re not talking to you in space? i thought we were talking to you in space. now i know. i want to ask you this, it has been 50 years, that is a generation since we sent someone to the moon, right? but we have done this before. we know the technology that it takes to get to the moon. so, i mean, obviously it feels like a long time coming. what has been taking so long? well, again, it is like remember that was 50 years ago, and when you think that was on rotary telephones and slide rules, it was amazing human feat. now we have built this orion spacecraft that will go further than any human rated vehicle ever and it is going to we re going to push it to its limits