and, by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa s chief scientist earlier this year. are problems of money and geopolitics undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen, it s a pleasure to be here. well, it is a real pleasure to have you on the show, and you have had a pretty remarkable four decades long career inside nasa. but if you are being honest with me, would you accept that nasa s golden era came and went long before even you arrived at the agency? well, indeed. nasa has had, actually, several golden eras and it is a matter of perspective. you know, the programme has not only humans that explore beyond earth s boundaries, but also we have missions that study the universe or move out into the solar system and explore, and we have absolutely exploded in those areas that you may not be aware of. well, i kind of am aware of them because i ve done plenty o
to keep its promise to make a returnjourney. and by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa s chief scientist earlier this year. are problems undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. it s a pleasure to be here. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show, and you have had a pretty remarkable four decades long career inside nasa. but if you are being honest with me, would you accept that nasa s golden era came and went long before even you arrived at the agency? well, indeed. nasa has had actually several golden eras, and it is a matter of perspective. this you know, the programme has not only humans that explore beyond earth s boundaries, but also we have missions that study the universe or move out into the solar system and explore, and we have absolutely exploded in those areas that you may not be aware of. well, i kind of am aware of them, because i
climate change advisers to the government say england is strikingly unprepared for the unavoidable impacts of global warming. and after sleeping outdoors for three years, the boy in the tent is coming back inside after raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland s stunning win over spain maintains their perfect start to european championship qualifying, but their captain insists it is just a start. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. tributes have been paid to the tv presenter and comedian paul o grady, who has died at the age of 67. his husband said he died unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening. paul o grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona lily savage and went on to present several programmes on tv and radio including blankety blank and a sunday show on radio 2 for m years. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. lolly. it s a tribute to
we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let s show you the latest pictures but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet. hosted by the german president. this is now a three day trip. and it began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that s significant it s the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved on the german president s residence, bellevue palace. they signed the guest book and this evening are attending a state banquet in their honour. let s hear from the german president. translation: this v
incredible. just gives you goosebumps, all the feels, what a loss, and what a way to honor his dad. a special moment from the foo fighters. good morning to you, everyone. welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. there was a bizarre scare in the sky, a man stealing a plane threatening to crash it over a small town in mississippi, even posting a good-bye on facebook. what we re learning about the pilot and how the situation was ultimately resolved. and for a second time, nasa is forced to call off the launch of the artemis i rocket. this time because of an hydrogen leak. how long will it take to fix the issue and when will they try to launch again? plus, over 40 million people under heat alerts today amid dangerous temperatures. we re going to tell you which cities could potentially break records and what it means for the rest of your labor day weekend. and troubling news in the classroom. testing scores plummeting across the country after t