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
the people of the philippines are voting to choose a successor to president rodridgo duterte. access to polling stations is being limited under coronavirus measures. tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed to safeguard ballots. the frontrunner is the son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. never mind all the problems humans face here on planet earth, we still have an unquenchable curiosity about the cosmos. but in practical terms, where is our fascination with space taking us? it s more than five decades since the first moon landing and nasa is struggling to keep its promise to make a return journey 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? are problems of money and geopolitics undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome t
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
love stories like that and i have to say, i m going to be interesting all right andy cnn this morning starts right now i don t want morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. so president biden is now considering new executive action that would restrict the ability to seek asylum at the u.s.-mexico border. and the president using colorful language to describe vladimir putin language that s to colourful for morning tv, maybe not cable, just morning. the kremlin is now responding. have the us and china taking a big step to ease tensions? oh yes, we are talking about panda diplomacy. china plenty to send more pandas to the us this year. how this small move could have a big impact. i m a relationship with beijing siemens, starts right now and would you have a lot to get to this morning? but first we re getting reports of a possible outage impacting cell service across the country. people in various states have been rep
live from london. this is bbc news live from london. israel continues to issue mass evacuation orders to palestinians as airstrikes on the gaza strip rage on. meanwhile, the foreign office is investigating a hamas claim that british israeli hostage nadav popplewell has been killed in gaza it is switzerland! cheering after one of the most controversial eurovision song contests, switzerland are crowned this year s winners. emergency teams step up relief efforts to those hit hard by devastating flash floods in northern afghanistan. the un says more than 300 people have died. this is the scene live in barcelona, where people are voting in regional elections. the un says more than 300 people have died. this is the scene live in barcelona, where people are voting in regional elections. israel has continued its airstrikes on several parts of the gaza strip even as it continues issuing controversial evacuation orders to palestinians. the israeli military said its troops had f