what will it take for a successful mission to the moon? and blistering temperatures and dangerous wildfires. 40 million people under heat alerts, the latest on the scorching temps and when we can expect some relief. and an urgent warning from the dea over rainbow-colored fentanyl being used to target young americans by drug cartels. it is sunday, september 4th, thank you so much for waking up with us. good morning to you, boris. happy holiday weekend. hopefully you have some plans after the show today. great to be with you, amara. we got to tell you about this strange story. it was weird and we cover a lot of weird stuff. an airport contractor in mississippi is in custody today, charged with stealing a plane and threatening to crash it into a walmart. this bizarre incident played out as the suspect was circling the skies over tupelo, mississippi, and people on the ground watched the whole thing in disbelief. he right on top of our house. he literally flew over every
completely new generation, right. a lot of us around today never saw the moon landings that occurred in the late 60s and early 70s. to seeing boots on the ground, on the moon, humans, you know, of course throughout my career we had robotic missions, you know, going out in space, and exploring planets. put a human on for one day, and it could be any role that we have out there. so once you put humans on the moon, and we see this process develop of a space race, that s science fiction come to life. and hakeem, as far as the delays go, do you think nasa will still be on track to send humans back to the moon by 2024? a few days doesn t seem like much in the grand scheme of things, right? right, right. but like i said, you know, they say no earlier than 2024.