history-making moment. you have an all-civilian crew going up in a rocket from the middle of the west texas desert piloted from the ground with the rocket returning right on the pad in which it launched from. then a smooth landing from the capsule itself. this is only step one. we have heard jeff bezos say he wants to create a road to space. as far as its impact here, i can tell you, ien went to boy scout camp not too far away from here. never in my dreams would i imagine seeing a rocket take off, go 62 miles up into the sky with the richest man on the planet and the oldest and youngest astronauts. to hear the liftoff in my ear piece and then wait a few seconds and see that rocket trail going up, i can t tribe it any other way than just a surreal moment. i was not on board that ship, but i felt very small and just realizing what was taking place not too far away from where we
spending. and, of course we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. reporter: the president has said mexico will pay for it. mexico says no, but for now that s at least another $10 billion in the budget. but this may be the bold est claim about the plan. all of that without adding to the currently projected fy 2018 deficit. reporter: that s right, the administration says it can offset all those costs with savings and spending cuts. for example, up to 25% of the money for the environmental protection agency could go away. eliminating 3,000 jobs. the new administrator. we re going to roll back the regulations that have been an overreach of the past. that s going to be our focus in the near term and the budgeting process will play out. reporter: the irs, the department of education, and foreign aid are also on the chopping block. that aid is just a tiny fraction
woman. and an 18-year-old also along for the ride. he got his seat after an auction winner had had a scheduling conflict. they both just became the old est and younger people ever to make it to space again on the 52nd anniversary of that lunar landing. let s get to morgan chesky on the ground. we should point out for our viewers and listeners on sirius, we are just momts away from that news conference with everbezos and the other blue origin passengers. they just landed about an hour and a half ago now. take us through what we have seen so far this morning. what s the crew been up to since they landed? reporter: after that smooth landing here in the west texas desert, three parachutes and a little bit of a rocket push to cushion them as they landed. the crew was welcomed by another crew member that was part of a convoy that met this capsule nearly as soon as it touched