bright future, not just for exploration, but also for science which is something you don t hear a lot bshg but that s where an awful lot of stuff has been done. there s been invasions in the shutting program. talking about improved digital cameras, cell phones, led lighting. a lot of that technology was developed with the shuttle. it was developed in the shuttle era, but, you know, the truth of it is, there was some of that, but the shuttle the flow began to work the other way. the shuttle was by far more the beneficiary of off the shelf technologies developed by computer industry, microelectronic sensors and by nasa s own science program. that s where the spinoffs came from and got built into the skrek. it wasn t a technology program. you talk about exploration. there s been discussion about returning to the moon, going to an asteroid, going to mars. yeah. that s talk. do you think these are feasible goals? they re absolutely feasible goals. we have proven that we can ge
where there will be british stars there. that s going to be the big event. it will be interesting to see who they are bringing to meet them. there s a lot of british productions filming right now in los angeles, but whether, you know theshgs decide to actually i think they should bring out some of the bigger american stars, so i think you can expect the likes of tom hanks, speilberg, maybe sdwrula roberts may come out of hybernation. it will be a good moment. i can imagine. you know what, i m betting kate and wills will still be the stars of the show, no matter who shows up. as you are with us, thank you so much. neil sean, good to see you. thanks. take care, bye-bye. zirchlg the final flight on the space shuttle. did the program run its course, or was it too expensive? that story next on msnbc saturday. we set our goals higher than anyone.
into the new commercial space program that could emerge if the congress of the united states will allow it to emerge. because, you know, those folks are just the best on earth. not only the astronauts who are the most visible, but the folks that run the program. what i will miss the most is listening on the loop to all of the teamwork that goes on. it s really an incredible culture. it does deserve to be preserved, but it also needs to be changed. there have been suggestions we re about to enter a lost decade or so with regard to the space program. there are others who have refuted that. do wr do you stand? i m with the refuters. that was mike griffin who said that. i m more with the new nasa administration who is seeing what president obama wants to do, which is let s have some technology breakthroughs. let s make nasa do what it s supposed to do, which is to explore the universe, leave the trucking function to private commercial, and if that model makes it through, and, again, yo
kennedy space center. joining me to talk about all things atlantis, good morning to you, dave brodie. i m glad to see you. i guess i wanted to figure out why this is ending. the shuttle program has run its course? has it become too expensive? both? exactly. both are true. the shuttle program did everything that it came to do, and magnificently, i will say. yeah. this thing cost a lot of money. yesterday s launch, $1,500,000,00. we were promised a vehicle that was going to launch 50 times a year for under $10 million a launch. the mission managers knew they were never going to get those kind of efficiencies out of the vehicles. they kept quiet about it, being good company guys and we the people never asked. shame on all of us. interesting. you talk about the expense. i know so many jobs were lost or will be lost officially very, very soon as they retire the program. i hope that some of those jobs will immediately transfer