what s most important, yes, i want to see more young people get interested and excited about the scientists so that they can come up and be scientists, innovators, engineers, mathematicians working in the tech sector. at the same time, when people ask me why i m a science communicator, i say it s all about science literacy. i m not talking about everybody turning into a scientist, but about the general public. people who have jobs and are focused on what they love and care about, being more scientifically literal. looking at the world through scientific lenses. because science illuminates dark corners and brings us out of fear and helps us understand the world as it is and not as somebody on high told us it is. i think that s fundamental to having a functioning democracy. good to see you. thanks for your time. you too. cara santa maria, everybody. corey stoll, coming up.
budding rocket scientists. first, blame the banks, blame consumers, blame capitalism, blame government. but who is blaming they willselves? did a prosperous america lose the ethical way and how do we get it back? i m thrilled this morning to have three very special guests to help us do some soul searching about the economy and our values and how they feed on each other. rabbi boti, author of the blessing of enough : rejecting material greed and embracing spiritual hunger and author david callahan, and a frequent guest on this program, the author of the soul of leadership. you said to me something that resonated. first in the consumer should do is learn to stop spending money that they haven t earned to buy things that they don t need to impress people they don t like. you went on to tell me that buying if you have f stuff we doend need with money we don t have, it s to keep up with the joneses. america got selfish. and america is paying. is it as simple as that? americ
let s make sure that we , make sure we separate cancellation of constellation with astronauts in other bodies. constellation was set of vehicles and approaches to get us to the moon beyond earth orbit. that program has been canceled but the commitment to human spaceflight is still there it is still there from the perspective we re looking better technologies to do heavy lift launches we need to get to the moon and mars and other places. it is still there because we re doing research and humans we need to get there. it is importance of the space program is still there because we re emphasizing again, science literacy, making sure students, understand, there are challenges out there and the united states is committed to meeting them. megyn: don t you think it will be tough to inspire students to join up, for these programs and become, they want to become astronauts. that is what the astronaut told me yesterday. that is the dream.