create the international space station, do you feel like it is time to uncouple that partnership and have america pull out of it because of everything going on with ukraine? well, i don t think we have to pull out of it, i think the russians may decide to do so, again, it would be an irrational decision. i think we would continue with our other partners, europeans and japanese and canadians and let the russians go. carley: sounds like a better idea. that would be sill tow do. carley: getting them out of the deal sounds better than us leaving? homer, fascinating talking to you. thank you, carley. todd: one ton of fentanyl taken off it is streets of new york city last year alone. it is a crisis that is getting worse and getting almost no attention from the white house. we re talking about it live with
not suicidal and if anything happened to him, he didn t do it to himself. this ward is for high-profile inmates, he has substantial time out of his cell. carley: set to return home from space in just weeks, fears are growing as russia space aigence sethreaten to possibly leave the american astronaut in orbit. homer hickum, former nasa engineer joins me now and for those who don t know, home upper, you helped negotiate with russia to establish the international space station, nobody knows this topic better than you. what do you think about this latest development? do you think russia would leave him behind on the international space station? good morning, carley. the russians are acting pretty
conditions they could be reunited briefly with family members before being taken to the hospital. relatives have been at the mine since the cave in happened. homer hickum knows what they are going through. he grew up in a mining town. in fact, his father developed the rescue cage that is being used. things are bad at the mine. if you put this nonsense behind you. sure was exciting watching the rockets go up. i know i m going to be a miner. i have known my entire life. i have no choice. as long as you are alive on this planet, you have a choice. the latest novel is the dinosaur hunter. he s joining us via skype from huntsville, alabama. good to see you. thank you. great to be with you today. let s talk about these miners. they ve been trapped now underground for more than two months. you ve been down there in the mines. how do you expect that they are
the space station is in an inclination and orbit that doesn t have a lot there. most likely if they re not able to rendezvous, they ll probably try to cause it to deorbit and move out of the way. it s very expensive to launch these things and it will be a real great loss to the space station if they re not able to rendezvous. only two more u.s. shuttles remaining. i think this is another indication what a great mistake it is to close the shuttle program down right now. homer hickum, thank you so much. my pleasure. now to day 74 of the disaster in the gulf. bp is ahead of scheduling drilling the relief well on the
scheduled to retire the space shuttle after three more trips. former president bush made that decision to save money for a return to the moon but president obama canceled those plans because we don t have the money and he wants to make a more modern system. it s angered some folks as nasa, many of whom may have changed their mind as they realize he wants to make it better. folks will invent products we use every day. flat screen television, smoke detectors, wireless technology, all created through the us a piss of nasa. it s pit american heroes, former astronauts, against each other in some cases. with us, homer hickum. what did you think of what the president said? a step closer to an asteroid and