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[0:00] ..." The shuttle endeavor continues its work at the International Space Station with -- another spacewalk today. And among the people who will be stepping outside Christopher Cassidy Chris Cassidy a former US navy"...
[1:03] ..." seal you know it's interesting. It and the first commander of the space station bill shepherd was a former babies who also. It's happened before blackberries and -- Cruces a remarkable -- about it."...
[1:19] ..." who was evasive was was born -- with the school. In York high school in Maine. Went to the Naval Academy got his masters from MIT. And and the rest is history that's what he's making"...
[1:45] ..." space -- earlier replacing batteries. On the oldest solar arrays on the space station if you just give you a sense of scale here they're working at the far left and but the station's power --"...
[2:48] ..." the rest of the restaurants are answered those questions yesterday from the space station. I was pretty good morning whatever it is these space here where security Richard knows he never got around those reaching that."...
[3:38] ..." because of what he could see from orbit. Even flying over the Middle East receive agreeing that would not built vehicles surrounded by the best of which you see at all context and I'm. I'm not"...
[6:17] ..." No it back to the space station and after the final shuttle flight that does that mean the space station. Discloses Upton and his MP right."...
[7:21] ..." California. Finally a bill Harwood what ever happens to this to the space shuttle I mean -- I guess we'll just going to museums. Is there any difference among these different space planes."...
[0:00]" The shuttle endeavor continues its work at the International Space Station with -- another spacewalk today. And among the people who will be stepping outside Christopher Cassidy Chris Cassidy a former US navy seal born in Salem. Who now lives along this family in New York -- talk about a remarkable career that he has had not only for NASA but with the US navy joining us from the Johnson Space -- are watching the shuttle mission he CBS news space consultant. Bill Harwood this is really of remarkable resume for a Chris Cassidy will when you consider even all the other people who have been astronauts before. This is a guy who was deployed to Afghanistan. Just a few days after 9/11 has hundreds of hours in command of small submersible. Secret submarines with a Navy SEALs. And now he's a space walker."
[0:49]" He acted earlier scored a career you know we always interview the restaurant before each launch. -- Chris about his experiences in Afghanistan of course. Only would say was we would have to some caves and not much beyond that but you can -- navy seal you know it's interesting. It and the first commander of the space station bill shepherd was a former babies who also. It's happened before blackberries and -- Cruces a remarkable -- about it."
[1:14]" Yeah he -- for people who may be wondering about what their kids will do when they grow up there's a guy who was evasive was was born -- with the school. In York high school in Maine. Went to the Naval Academy got his masters from MIT. And and the rest is history that's what he's making today along with the at least space walker and David Wolf this is going to be his third spacewalk today."
[1:38]" That's right a third of the mission but it's actually news seven over his career. It's pretty challenging space -- earlier replacing batteries. On the oldest solar arrays on the space station if you just give you a sense of scale here they're working at the far left and but the station's power -- if you picture the airlock. At the fifty yard line of football stadium they are deep in the left in the zone. Where they're replacing these batteries they're about as far from the airlock you can get -- it's fairly delicate work these batteries wait 335 pounds each and they've got these very fragile. Cooling engines on the back and of course anyone who's ever been in the -- on American minister understands the threat to our. In they're gonna have to swap out for of these and then to mortgage swapped out during a spacewalk Friday."
[2:23]" They've had gone on YouTube the astronauts have bill Harwood and among the questions did -- David -- was asked was. What happens when you sneeze inside of space Sunnis it was a matter of fact I've done that several times and you have to watch uranium."
[2:37]" These days earlier periods are pretty funny you know there was. They basically were up blinking video YouTube video questions from kids and adults to members of the public. And the rest of the restaurants are answered those questions yesterday from the space station. I was pretty good morning whatever it is these space here where security Richard knows he never got around those reaching that. Just like if you stated you better watch where. Asked if he said you better amoral."
[3:04]" Yet another questions and the answers obvious is what do you do when your spare time. And what would anybody do you look outside the window the view is got to be stunning even for those who been open space before."
[3:15]" You know they also say that an ethnic ethnic that's one of those experiences where if you haven't done it. Yourself -- bush and certainly appreciate. That we can really appreciate what -- you gonna oversee. Its territory involved in the oak for the players and and in you know as someone -- vividly Charlie -- NASA administrator recently became an environmentalist. Largely because of what he could see from orbit. Even flying over the Middle East receive agreeing that would not built vehicles surrounded by the best of which you see at all context and I'm. I'm not sure that those of us you've never gone out there can really appreciate what to talk."
[3:52]" Whole -- when their what is it gonna land."
[3:54]" They come down at the end of the month they have two more spacewalks after this went on Friday that one Sunday. And they'll undock in this spent a couple of they expected up to come low around 31 -- Pretty pretty busy mission mean sixteen day mission and -- spacewalk -- about agility and yes."
[4:12]" And the number of missions for the via space planes have been down to just precious few know -- 607 left."
[4:19]" Policy after the summit -- flights left in your right and investing into the program. Right now it's looking like those flights will be flown before the end of next year there's some chance that one of those flights might slip into -- reported eleven but. But the end is very clearly in sight and it's something particularly. An -- Current program for 45 years and it's almost impossible to imagine that there won't be any shuttles after that you're the that's what's gonna."
[4:45]" You know as you look back bill Harwood over. All the things that have happened to and because of the America's space program. And on this week in which we have a observes in a lot of people only through word history. The fortieth anniversary of man on the moon and how that whole adventure it was over just. Three years efforts started dozen men walked on the -- and and that was the end of it now the president would like to return. United States astronauts to the movement to look further ahead memoirs and once and I think a lot of people who sign of is that the that the trip to Mars would take something like 180 days each way in an order. For the astronauts who would eventually land there to return to planet earth. They'd have to wait five years on the lunar surface Dougherty at the planets in alignment again."
[5:35]" That's five years but it's quite a while most people think if you -- to bar issue he spend at least a year that are or thereabouts it's it's it's a long stay in -- absolutely right to do. Time to get here. This is a long round trip and so a lot of people would go back to the moon because. It's closer that's a good place to perfect the technology need to go to bars without committing to something we've got to work for two or three years. Instead of heading straight off the mark -- missed the Sydney to talk about what is cost. That the country is willing to pay for them bars is a real challenge and I'm not sure that's that's a reasonable first step. Just just from technology and --"
[6:17]" No it back to the space station and after the final shuttle flight that does that mean the space station. Discloses Upton and his MP right."
[6:25]" No of course not Minnesota's already contract with the Russians to launch US. Astronauts European Japanese Canadian astronauts. Also use Russian Soyuz rockets. NASA from a contractual standpoint is responsible for the international partners -- accurate Japanese -- European Spacek is here yet to do it for NASA. In NASA is arranging. To do that with the Russians of course that has a lot of politicians a little bit alarmed. For at least five years the only way US astronaut and have to get to US based. There's going to riot zone Russian rockets but this has been in the making for several years -- the money has have been there to speed up development of the shuttle replacement. And it's not gonna throttle toward it fifteen or until that happens. The Russians have the only rocketed them."
[7:13]" And -- land by you by parachute they don't land on a long runway at. The -- four or London in California. Finally a bill Harwood what ever happens to this to the space shuttle I mean -- I guess we'll just going to museums. Is there any difference among these different space planes."
[7:34]" There are different I mean they all subtle differences -- certainly engineers an asterisk in the departure of the average person on the street could. Could see the difference of which are right they're going to museums NASA's already -- proposals -- request for. And people or agencies have already seen in quite a few. Proposals and request to have the shuttles and if they're museum where they're there site. My ticket there's only three shuttles and I think that one's one's gonna go to the Smithsonian without question. On the air and space museum -- editors and and a lot of people want them. And -- commander in promises to you know build the nicest building -- have been -- site in and can give access to the most people's shortly field."
[8:19]" CB a space consultant bill Harwood in who has written as a matter of fact. About the space program what's in the book again bill."
[8:25]" Contradicted the book about -- the Columbia accident."
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