forty nine ron wrote a book called the mars project was a nonfiction book that explains how we would use reusable rocket a large rocket with lots of rockets strapped together to go to mars and in this he actually talks about colonization and in the book interesting is a quote and this was confirmed in the original manuscript that it says the martian government was to be directed by ten men the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and untitled he launched the vernor dr braun in sort of a stroke of strange genius actually sort of foresaw the idea of iran must being will not be on my specifically but he named this idea of a president of mars would be called that you launch so there's this strange connection between this man who actually was the designer of the saturn five rocket that's the rock that's the rocket that took the apollo thirteen follow. eleven put those into space it's so important it's sort of the beginning to know that it's all sort of coming around and putting us one step closer from fiction or from fantasy it's reality. around the nose for the

if we want to go to mars , so i will put my biases away because i am a mars fanatic, but if we want to go to mars would we need? what things-- what will it take for us to go to mars especially in the time schedule we have laid out for ourselves. talk about getting their. guest: when i was on the space station a reporter said to me, now that nasa has determined there's absolutely liquid water on mars during some time of the year, is that going to help us get there sooner and i was like i don't know, maybe. now, if we found money on mars than we get the really fast because that's really what we need. i think technologically i think we can do it. there is some-- i think we need a little bit better understanding of some of the physical stuff with our vision may be, radiation or ask and we need to shield the crew from radiation and whether we do that with a magnetic field or water or some kind of-- or just get there really fast, that's something we need to think about, but i think the biggest challenge to is going to mars is not and i will use what my brother often says, it's not about the

space if this works is this makes it all the way into outer space and on its trip to mars to mars we are looking at a complete change in humanity what we are able to do where we can travel this is the first step. and joining me now live from cape canaveral is my wife hawks co-host of the wallace who has spent the afternoon watching the falcon as it were. yes no hawks today just falcon although there was a hawk flying around the hotel or so it was a good sign very good but some of the caribbean can you say. you're always the verge brother can you describe the feeling on the ground there in cape canaveral as the falcon heavy took off what was that experience like did you feel it when the when the boosters. first sees you didn't hear much at first the first two minutes but once it made it into just past us and made it past that max q when if it was going to blow up it would up loud enough once it made it past that point about three minutes after lift off we heard a series of sort of low looms which is the sonic boom and what happened was even here we're talking we're about thirty miles

but spacex has always been about creating a human settlement on mars. and how do you safely get people to mars, what do people do when you get there, how do you find food? how do you find water? how do you find rocket fuel to get back? it's a very big undertaking. it's not just spacex. we're seeing a -- >> no, i didn't mean to interrupt you. >> i was saying what spacex has accomplished has inspired a whole new generation of young engineers and aero space designers to gets into the game. space tourism, smaller rocket parts for engines. space is really exploding as an industry, and that's a real change from the way it used to be which was government fund wg private contractors. and now we're seeing all kind of startups flowing into the industry as well. >> dana, 30 seconds left. the irony that elon musk is south african, an immigrant into the united states amid the debate we keep having today. >> i don't think there's any irony. i guess the one thing i would point out is that president donald trump congratulated musk last night about the successful falcon

so in 2020 when a mars rover is on the surface of mars and detects life, we could send that data back and be received by this antenna here. direct to cornwall? direct to cornwall. and cornwall‘s ambitions to join the space race don't end here. newquay airport. today passengers were flying to dublin and manchester, but soon it could be much further. because this county, which relies on tourism, wants to take things to the next level. the airport is bidding to turn its two—mile runway into a commercial spaceport, hoping for a share of a multi—billion pound industry. the millions for goonhilly are coming from the local enterprise partnership, and some ask if it's the best use of public money right now. one local baker delivering space—themed pasties today believes this poor county needs to aim for the stars. the perception of cornwall from a lot of people is that it's a beautiful place, which it undoubtedly is, but we also need a thriving future for people. it would be great to see better high—tech jobs being created in a very much a long—term project. more customers for you.

it will be sent toward mars to actually orbit around the sun and mars and, david, if it survives out there, it could be out there for a billion years. >> a billion years. all right, david kerley, none of us will be here to report on whether or not it survives that long. thank you so much. >>> in the meantime, we move to other news tonight. there is a new winter storm on the move this evening. snow, ice, heavy rain, from the gulf all the way up to new england. 25 states, in fact, under winter weather alerts. snow, ice, even strong thunderstorms with this. it comes after a deadly storm struck the heartland already. at least 13 people killed on treacherous highways in the past 24 hours. here in new york tonight, a daring ice rescue. and abc's alex perez from the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, as the northeast braces for a powerful storm -- >> you see two rescuers in the water, they look like they're bringing someone in. >> reporter: -- first responders racing to try to save a person who fell through the ice in queens, new york. >> right now, first aid immediately being administered.

it's that all the way into outer space and on its trip to mars to mars we're looking at a complete change in humanity what we are able to do where we can travel this is the first step. and joining me now live from cape canaveral is my wife talks co-host of the wallace who has spent the afternoon watching the falcon as it were. yes no hawks today just falcon although there was a hawk flying around the hotel or earlier so it was a good sign. that was occurring you can use. your i was very excited can you describe the feeling on the ground there in cape canaveral as the falcon heavy took off what was that experience like did you feel it when the when the boosters. first you didn't hear much at first that first two minutes but once it made it into just past us and made it past that max q when if it was going to blow up it would have blown up once it made it past that point about three minutes after liftoff we heard a series of sort of low looms which is the sonics and what happened was even here we're talking we're about thirty miles down the coast from the from the launch pad the windows on

no one's saying that we should leave the earth and go to mars, but a settlement, a settlement on mars is a definite possibility. and nasa has teamed up with silicon valley billionaires to make it a reality. >> hard for the dinosaurs to do the circuitry with the talons. tell me about the possibility -- you say we're in a golden age now of space exploration. >> that's right. for 50 years, nasa was criticized as being the agency to nowhere. however, now there's a new energy, a new excitement. the president has said we're going to go back to the moon by next year. and then on to mars, and then just three weeks ago, millions of people tuned in to elon musk's launching of the "falcon heavy" rocket. that was no ordinary rocket. that was a moon rocket, fully capable of putting astronauts around the moon funded by private funds. >> isn't that the interesting thing? during the "apollo" age, the government was very much into it. now it's very much more in the private sector that's behind this. >> that's right. jeff bezos, the richest man on earth, the man behind amazon, has created his own priva

so many of you on a mission to mars it would seem. goodbye. hello. it feels like we've been stuck in the deep freeze over the last few days, and that's not going to change very much during wednesday. cold air remains firmly in place, and some of us have some snow on the ground, as well — that weather watcher picture from north yorkshire on tuesday. where we have the lying snow, particularly, there is the risk for some ice during wednesday. a widespread frost, certainly, to start the day, because we are still firmly ensconced in this cold air. something a little bit milder out in the atlantic, but we won't feel the effects of that just yet. for the time being, this area of high pressure giving most of us a fine, dry but cold start to the day, under largely clear skies. our towns and cities down below freezing, but out in the countryside, those temperatures really have been dropping away. the sorts of temperatures we'll have to start the day — between about —5 and —11 degrees. still some snow, potentially, for a time across east anglia, and the

he talked to tom costello about having a town orvil village on mars. he wants to be buried there in decades. the science doesn't say it is necessarily practical in decades. but without guys like elon musk and guys like him, he won't dream big enough to try. >> you're absolutely right. at nasa, we like to say we make the impossible possible. turn science fiction into science facts. it's dreaming. elon has brought an energy and imagination to the space industry that was sorely needed. he's challenged everybody. nasa and other commercial companies. we all appreciate that. you have to keep everything in perspective, however. you know, all of a sudden, launch day comes and the mission comes and you've got to make sure that what you set in your sights is achievablchievable. you should strive for something bigger and better than has ever been done before. >> elon musk said, 50% chance or better the thing is going to blow up before it takes off. scott, you have come as close as most humans have ever come to living in space because you lived in space for a whil

the presidents estate at mar-a-lago. >> good afternoon. very interesting. imagine the presidents twitter mac storm today. he mentioned a bunch of people. john mcmaster, national security advisor, the mueller team. he talked about resident obama and as you can imagine, he also talked about adam schiff. the california congressman. the letter from the president gave a fit of a lack of a better description, a golf clap. for agreeing with him that the obama administration simply did not do nearly enough to combat the russia targeting of america's democracy. and i want to share with you a bit of what they said today on national television. >> i have said all along that i think the obama administration should have dunmore. and senator feinstein and i took the first steps to make public attribution because at that time he could not get the obama administration to acknowledge the russian interference. they were very weary of appearing to be putting your hand on the scale. >> i mentioned a bit of a golf clap. as they tweet that does that. finally, little adam schiff,

for could be a test punching robots and ultimately humans on a missern to mars. evhe show men of commercial space travel, elon musk released his own tesla roadster into space, complete with david go we bowie one bow-- david a live on the radio. mr. mk says his car could have a journey around the sun in a billion years. victoria b gil news. laura: for more on the launch, i spokevery time ago with leroy chiao,om who served asnder of the international space station. as anoi astronaut, what was through your mind as you watched this incredible, powerful unch? leroy: this was a very exciting day. the first new rocket to be launched and the most powerful rocket we have that is operational. watching it fly on its maiden voyage appear to function lltotally flawlessly was ra thrill. this is paving the way for exploration because the rocket is more thanwice as capable of -- as any other rocket we have on the planet, and the reason it is so big and powerful is we need a rocket like that to send significant payloads away from orbit. this is a step in the direction of explorat

. >> i am a mars fanatic but let's pretend i am not. my bias is way up but if we want to go to mars what things or what would it take for us to go to mars especially with the time schedule we have laid out for ourselves? >> when i was on the space station the reporter said now that nasa has determined absolutely there is water on mars during some times of the year, does that help their -- help us get there sooner? i don't know. maybe if we find money we get there fast. technologically we could do it maybe have a better understanding of the physical stuff may be our vision or radiation effects to shield the crew from radiation whether that is magnetic field or water or just get there really fast, something we need to think about but the biggest challenge is not what my brother says it isn't about the rocket science but the political science and having voters elect members of congress that are science minded people to see the value of doing something like this to put the resources behind it whether we change the laws or get the administra

so in 2020 when a mars rover is on the surface of mars and detects life, we could send that data back and be received by this antenna here. direct to cornwall? direct to cornwall. and cornwall‘s ambitions to join the space race don't end here. newquay airport. today passengers were flying to dublin and manchester, but soon it could be much further. because this county, which relies on tourism, wants to take things to the next level. the airport is bidding to turn its two—mile runway into a commercial spaceport, hoping for a share of a multi—billion pound industry. the millions for goonhilly are coming from the local enterprise partnership, and some ask if it's the best use of public money right now. 0ne local baker delivering space—themed pasties today believes this poor county needs to aim for the stars. the perception of cornwall from a lot of people is that it's a beautiful place, which it undoubtedly is, but we also need a thriving future for people. it would be great to see better high—tech jobs being created in a very much a long—term project. more customers for you.

late night twitter tantrum on saturday in mar-a-lago. he even linked the russia investigation to the shooting in florida and today the tweets are still coming. he tweeted, obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election, so why didn't he do something is about the russian meddling? what's this latest outburst all about? >> don, you saw the tweets there on the screen. they barely fit on the screen. 21 tweets in all from palm beach. he has just returned here in the last few hours or so here. the reality is the president was stewing over the weekend. he was sitting at his mar-a-lago resort unable to play golf because of the optics of that. of course, the shooting in parkland, florida just 40 minutes south of mar-a-lago. he did not want to be playing golf as funerals were under way. so he was watching a lot of cable television and was tweeting a lot saturday evening into sunday. white house advisers did not know these were coming. they see these in realtime the way everyone else sees them, but it's clear despite the fact there are two

young woman's best companion and today she found a reason to smile again. >> plus mars on earth? researchers mimic the red planet's environment to simulate what life on mars would be like. again. hana mus >>> a young woman who lost her horse during the devastating north bay wildfires has got a reason to smile again. hannah musgrove was born with cerebral palsy and rode horses for her therapy. she met crystal in 2010, but she was heartbroken when she lost the horse to the fire in october. today the foundation horses healing hearts donated a horse to hannah. the organization has spent months working to find just the right horse for her and today the rescue delivered the horse. >> yes. it's definitely for me a new friend and trying to figure out how to connect with him, on what level to connect with him, too. accepting >> hannah has named her new horse che. >>> in san bruno the post office will accept walk-ins for passport applications this week. people can come into the office thursday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. to speed up the process, you are encouraged to fill out the forms ahead

to mars. hannah meredith, bbc news, nottingham. before we go, if you have ever wondered why combat sports have weight categories, take a look at this footage from japan. it's a charity fundraising event featuring some of the biggest stars of sumo wrestling and their young fans. keep in mind that the average sumo wrestler weighs about 150 kilograms, over 300 lbs. the little boy is trying to get him out of the ring and finally succeeds! you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. bye—bye for now. sunday was a better day than saturday for most of us. there was more sunshine in the forecast, despite it being cold and blustery. this evening, wintry showers will continue across western areas and for many eastern areas, it will turn frosty. the speckles on the satellite picture are all those wintry showers pouring down from the north—west on a cold, polar maritime airstream. it really will be cold tonight and tomorrow. plenty of snow showers across the west, particularly western

what is the purpose of sending a card to mars, there's no point, it isjust sending a card to mars, there's no point, it is just for fun and to get the public excited. as you were saying, normally when a new rocket is tested they put something boring on likea is tested they put something boring on like a block of concrete. we were like, that is boring, what is the most fun thing we can put on because this is just most fun thing we can put on because this isjust a most fun thing we can put on because this is just a test flights. we don't want to put valuable satellites on board so the car is the most fun thing we can think of. this graphic helps us understand how it compares with other rockets. it lifts 6a tonnes into lower orbit, twice as much as its nearest rival, the delta four heavy space shuttle which used to lift around 2a tonnes but now decommissioned. this video is entitled how not to land a rocket booster. it has had its ups and downs over the years. you may remember this from 201a, just how difficult it is to do these things. jonathan amos has been watching with interest, quite a s

perhaps, one day, a bigger version will lead a manned mission to the moon or even mars. >> i think it'll mean that the united states will have the largest rocket on planet earth right now to take payloads up into orbit. >> reporter: while the rocket today is unmanned, there is precious cargo aboard. elon musk's personal cherry red tesla roadster, complete with a dummy behind the wheel. in honor of the late david bowie, a loop ed track of his song. ♪ to major tom >> it can be sitting on mars in our lifetimes. >> reporter: our lifetimes? >> a city, village. depends what you call a city. but, let's call it a really serious lunar base. would be amazing. and the beginnings of a city on mars. >> reporter: today's mission is also all about the mantra, go big or go home. and in true elon musk fashion, that rocket that he hopes will eventually take humans to the moon or mars, he calls it the bfr, the really big flipping rocket. true elon musk style. the window opens at 1:30 today. weather is good. then he'll put his own tesla, remember that he owns tesla, he's going to put it into a permanent o

it was overnight that the final burn of the engine of the second stage sent the rocket towards mars, but beforehand, we got to see the spectacular pictures. the ceo of spacex that fired the rocket and the ceo of tesla needed some kind of cargo so he sent the roadster to space with a manmannequin inside insid we saw the great pictures, but now it's been slingshoted towards mars and is really not transmitting anything back to earth, but it is a big win for the private company. the biggest rocket in the world successful, we got to see the two boosters come down and land on earth. the third booster, the center core, was supposed to land on a barge in the ocean. it actually ran out of fuel, and it hit the ocean at 300 miles per hour and broke up. a minor setback for what was really a successful launch, and gives musk a food up in the new space race to send humans back to the moon or beyond. abc news, kennedy space center. >> in politics, imagine tanks, soldiers, and other military equipment rolling down pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. it could happen. president trump ordered the p

mission to mars, now on a trajectory toward the asteroid belt between mars and jupiter, where it could stay in orbit for millions, not billions of years. >> maybe discovered by a future alien race, thinking, what were they doing? did they worship this car? >> reporter: 6,000 employees cheering on that launch back at mission control outside los les. we've taken you there before, for made in america. sending supplies up to the international space station in a capsule made here. and this right here? >> this is the dragon capsule. >> reporter: american made american engines sent into orbit. >> that's the first time a private company had ever done that. >> reporter: and the windows are very selling, aren't they? a hint of what you plan on doing. >> it is. >> reporter: they want americans looking through those windows one day, but for now, just a man kin in a car, barrelling towards jupiter and mars, and this image, posted just as we came on the air tonight. no comment from the dummy. thanks for watching here on a wednesday night. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. night.ght. >>> gi

us to mars and coalition negotiations germany's two largest parties have provisionally agreed on a compromise that may yet pull through all of these difficulties a sign of something major going wrong in german politics the birthing pangs of the country's fourth from the coalition. that just. so over there i want to do things that show the face that would be very clear. the way. the. management. and the on they they are and they have. skimmed you need to feel this. stuff yeah i'm them what do you how much. do you want. to talk to me much if. i want to be in the book that knows you still want to talk to my next question. is shooting in a florida high school leaves at least seventeen people dead with both children and adults among the victims. authorities have taken the suspect into custody here is a nineteen year old former student of the school named the suspect is named nicholas cruz. for our studios in moscow this is our national john thomas certainly glad to have you with us let's go right to our breaking news this hour coming from the u.s. where a shooting has taken place at a high school

that will be headed toward mars. it will end up orbiting mars.>> okay. >> it is 4:48. >> that is where we will meet the roadster. >> there goes my car. they're sending it to mars. >> i have seen your car. you are a high roller. >> i know. >> my little suv? >> right. >> we are off to a nice start this morning. traffic on the pass is a little bit slow. there was a minor accident right after mountain house. it is not expected to be there long. traffic is moving well. a little bit of a backup, tiny one at the dublin interchange. a temporary hick up there. this is a look at the westbound bay bridge with some slow traffic. people get on the road early. when you see the bay bridge, it will be incrementally more crowded. this is a look at san jose to gilmore, that commute looks good. so far we are okay. in this next hour, we will start to see changes. let's bring stephen. >> i have seen pam and her car. do you wink and nod? >> exactly. >> okay. here we go. eric has a very good question and a nice picture. he said i took this

mars >>> good morning, america. the first liftoff of the soundtrack right there. brand-new era in space exploration. there's another look. >> uh-huh, and seeing that tesla with starman, the mannequin, driving into orbit -- >> a car. >> it's a real car and some people don't believe that image but it is a real image. "the new york post" has this, calling it car trek. >> i love it. david kerley was there, lucky man, there to witness the incredible launch of that and he's joining us from titusville, florida. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, michael. a new space race is on this morning and elon musk just took a half billion dollar leap ahead of the competition and launched a private company, the biggest rocket in the world successfully with the most unusual cargo we've probably ever seen. he sent his car into space. it is headed to mars at this hour after sending back some spectacular pictures. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: now the biggest rocket in the world, spacex's falcon heavy, three rockets strapp

to mars. hannah meredith, bbc news, nottingham. all of the sport in a few minutes, including the latest from the winter 0lympics, but one thing you might have missed from pyeongchang is the first game played by the north and south korea combined ice hockey team. well they lost their opening match 8—0, but have a listen to this. singing and chanting. it was the north korean cheerleaders who stole the show in the arena. people had to change seat in the venue so that they could all sit together. this was the result. how is that for synchronisation? north korean style. let's look at the weather forecast. sunday was a better day than saturday for most of us, with more sunshine in the forecast. it will then turn quite frosty.

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could one day lead to spaceships carrying people to mars. at least that's what the company hopes but more immediately the new rocket allows the company to launch bigger spy satellites. >> i'm still trying to absorb everything that happened. >> reporter: this morning elon musk is reacting to the successful launch of his falcon heavy. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: the biggest rocket in the world is actually three rockets strapped together. a cheering crowd watched as the two boosters pulled away from the $90 million vehicle. >> successful separation. we're coming up on -- >> reporter: but spacex wasn't done yet. those two boosters returned to earth with a nearly synchronized landing? >> that was epic. probably the most exciting thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: then the big reveal of the cargo, musk's very own tesla roadster is now floating above the earth with a dummy in a space suit and a message on the dash, don't panic. the playful test car was accompanied by music from david bowie. ♪ life on mars >> reporter: the big rocket means mu

that is tommy mars story. >> what can i do today to make a difference. >> reporter: a new york area firefighter a husband, a dad and a guy who sees something bad in the world and then he pushes back with kindness. it started after the october mass shooting in las vegas. >> the plan was i had bracelets made with each person's name on it that died and i would show up in their town do a random act of kindness in their honor. >> reporter: he has been in the van getting out to all of the communities from west virginia to california and in each place performing an act of kindness in shippensburg pennsylvania in a laundromat he taped quarters in honor of bill wolf who came from that town. on a cold colorado day it was hand warmers for construction workers to honor christopher royble and california gift cards passed out by mars daughter in honor of carrie barnett and she says of her dad. >> to put himself before someone else always he will do anything for anyone. >> reporter: guess what it's catching on instagram is filling up with pictures of checks picked up by strangers and doing so with the honor#5

to mars. hannah meredith, bbc news, nottingham. three days in bed and then three days of rehab from being in bed. where do i sign up? hello, a lot of crisp sunshine but also snow showers. you have been sending lots of beautiful pictures. this is a nice one from molly in antrim, northern ireland. continuing snow showers this evening and into tomorrow. this moved over us last night, rattling windows in the north with severe gales. look at the showers streaming off the atlantic. they will continue to night and into western areas, and northern areas, but the east and south will be clear and cold to night and the winds will drop out and temperatures will fall. -2' drop out and temperatures will fall. -2, -3 drop out and temperatures will fall. —2, —3 in city centres, elsewhere possibly as low as minus five. monday morning cold and frosty. a lot of sunshine around a monday night, more bad weather on the way. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. oxfam admitted they "failed in moral leadership"

to mars. the main bridge between the two countries of venezuela has been opening and closing intermittently since . the us president said there is no daylight between the us, south korea andjapan on daylight between the us, south korea and japan on the need to isolate north korea until it abandoned its nuclear programme. mike pence was speaking on his way home from the winter olympics where the sister of kim jong—un delivered an invitation to south korea's president to visit south korea for talks. now to the action at the winter olympics in pyeongchang — and some of the achievements so far. there's been a first games gold for the usa. teenager red gerard won the men's slope—style snowboard title. the seventeen—year—old is competing in his debut olympics. sweden's charlotte kalla won the first gold medal of pyeongchang 2018, in the womens cross country skiing event. in the same event, bjorgen claimed a medal to become the most decorated. hosts south korea brought the day's loudest che

space with david bowie rocking out on loop. >> elon musk just tossed a car to mars. it's so cool. i love that moment. >> awesome. good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, february 7th. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. the federal government runs out of money in about 44 hours. but leaders from both parties say they are near a deal to fund the government for two years. the republican and democratic leaders in the senate huddling to hash out their remaining -- remaining issues on defense and spending problems. daca has not been part of the spending talks. >> negotiators got a brief scare when president trump jumped into that issue with both feet. >> we don't get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill, gang members, and we're not just talking about ms13. there are many gang members we already have mentioned. if we don't change it, let's have a shutdown. we'll do a shutdown. it's worth it for our country. i'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get there

finally tonight a trip to mars may not be far away. people are already prepping for the journey this weekend the team of six israeli researchers ended a mars habitat experiment in a mock up built in the israeli desert. the team simulated living conditions on the red planet and they spent their time investigating how they could improve space communication, psychological effects of isolation and even ways to detect signs of possible life. it is one of a number of mars simulation projects taking place all around the world. interesting. going to happen. >> that will do it for us. i'm natasha brown, for lauer rep, leslie, all of us here we appreciate you joining us and we're always on at c it's league night!? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. bowl without me. frank.' i'm going to get nachos. snack bar's closed. gah! ah, ah ah. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. captioning

>> well, elon musk wants to go to mars and conize mars. that's the top line goal. this is one of the big, important steps along the way. but part of getting to mars and king that a practical idea is making it more easy to get to spac. and this is a lot cheaper. it's a fraction of the cost of anything nasa has built. we used to s in thehuttle days, it was about $10,000 of pound of any pound of anything you put into space. elon musk is down to about $1,000 a pound. we're talking about an improvement on cost, anthat has to do with with the reusability of the boo sers. >> yan these boosters relanded after take-off? >> two madeit back. they landed in perfect sink nisty. it almost looked like animation. it was rather spectacular. those are fully reusable boothsers. the shuttle tried to reusability. but because of compromises in bullets along the way, it was onlierally reusable and ultimately an expensive craft to fly. >> yang: and elon musk, what is he using for a payload? >> sreenivasan: nasa probably would have put in bricks furht we he put in a tesla roadster with a d

>> mars, the orbit and mars. >> tucker: mars, the orbit around mars. all right. let's check the tape. >> and just for fun. the pay load on the test flight was a brand new electric tesla roadster which is now heading to the mars orbit. star man astronaut dummy in the driver's seat three cameras to provide epic views. >> tucker: that is correct. by the way our judges said they admired the precision in which you answered it. the mars or the orbit around. >> casting a wide net. >> tucker: third week in a row carley has come to sudden death. two to two. winner of this takes the award. >> i'm nervous. >> tucker: final question. another example of tech changing everything. best buy, the company, announced this week that they would no longer be selling which music related product? >> oh. ed henry. >> cds. >> tucker: that's pretty authoritative. >> it's not 8 tracks. >> tucker: cds. >> arrested cog to report in billboard best buy has just told music suppliers had will pull cds from its stores come july 1st. >> tucker: wow. there you go. carley shimkus. >> let him have it.

but this is from deep space, beyond mars. >> totally fake. he can't be moving. look, the wheels aren't even turning. >> true. >> clearly. they've uncovered it. investigative journalism. >> but the light is moving. so you really are looking into this. >> i'm loving it. >>> coming up another false alarm. >> the tsunami warning that was supposed to be a test and now two weather services pointing the blame at each other. >>> later, kendis works his magic and manages to get the priciest airplane ticket around. >> but that didn't guarantee they wouldn't kick me off the flight. how did that work out. check out our latest picks. you are watching "world news now." check out our latest picks. you are watching "world news now." trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. >>> some incredible images from the killer earthquake in taiwan. people scrambling to safety in the middle of the night as their a

the first step stools and life on mars. in thehe israi does it and jeff the sun says someone also merkell. we're going to mars. before any move to the red planet you have to trial living that. the israeli science is taking part in the simulation because often the outside world for four days living in a fifty square meter policy. they will say cease to explore some sort of panenels and gather s seoul samplples. israeli space center founded a mock mission the team foundd power failure and communication delays will be the biggest challenges. everything that happened here first of all this jen normal issues first stepp ad everything that we learn the last four days. or not it take for to document what worked what didn't work how can we improve it israeli simulation hopes to keep up with the space exploration giants china russia and the united states. face to settle for twenty ninety. it's time now for the latest in a series of reports from potency tonight's the creeping rise of nationalist and far right politics on the ruling p

bishan plans to colonize mars have taken another step forward. three of. his company space x. has successfully launched its most powerful rocket yet the twenty three story fall can heavy blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida on tuesday with a tells the sports car inside the spacecraft shot musk's roadster convertible into mars albeit now the fall can heavy is propelled by twenty seven rocket engines driving it eighth to a thrust the sequel to eighteen boeing seven four seven jets now that means it can take incredibly heavy payloads of up to sixty three thousand kilos that's second only to the rocket nasa used for its moon missions its cost cutting reusable boosters also give space x. an edge over other companies competing for lucrative contracts with nasa satellite companies and the u.s. military and is that kind of technology that musk hopes will eventually send people to mars and build a colony there and the seas cerro del off is that the kennedy space center in cape canaveral florida. well with just fifteen minutes to go before the end of the launch window sp

the plan is to send it tesla towards mars. but first remarkable pictures of the dummy dubbed star man with a glorious background of earth. what did you learn? what did falcon heavy teach you? >> i guess taught me like crazy things can come true. i didn't really think this would work. when i say rocket lift off, i see a thousand things that could not work and it's amazing when they do. >> reporter: the big rocket means much heavier cargo, satellites can be carried to space and gets musk closer to his dream of going to mars, even colinizing the red planet. musk, who said there was only a 50/50 chance of this working has an amazing launch. you could feel the funder as the rocket was up in the air. as for the core, it slammed in to the ocean next to the drone ship. a minor setback considering the spectacular day and the pictures of the roadster from space. it was quite a scene. center. >> and must had tweeted overnight that that rocket is still with the roadster still moving past mars at this hour. >> oh, yeah, they're going to de

so in 2020 when a mars rover is on the surface of mars and detects life, we could send that data back and be received by this antenna here. direct to cornwall? direct to cornwall. and cornwall‘s ambitions to join the space race don't end here. newquay airport. today, passengers were flying to dublin and manchester, but soon it could be much further. because this county, which relies on tourism, wants to take things to the next level. the airport is bidding to turn its two—mile runway into a commercial spaceport, hoping for a share of a multibillion pound industry. the millions for goonhilly are coming from the local enterprise partnership, and some ask if it's the best use of public money right now. 0ne local baker delivering space—themed pasties today believes this poor county needs to aim for the stars. the perception of cornwall from a lot of people is that it's a beautiful place, which it undoubtedly is, but we also need a thriving future for people. it would be great to see better high—tech jobs being created in a very much a long—term project. more customers for you. t

let's start from nearby mar-a-lago. dan, just looking ahead now, we know the president has a listening session with students and teachers from the florida high school this upcoming wednesday. who exactly will he be listening to? how is he preparing for that? >> hey, brooke. it seems this statement where it expresses the president's openness with strengthening the background checks in the united states is really the first step and something you'll hear a lot about during the listening sessions. it gives him something to back in the sessions. i want to read what was said this morning. the president spoke to senator cornant about the bipartisan bill. he and senator murphy introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background check legislation. the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system. you were right though. we don't know what it looks like. president trump has been all over the map on guns for the better part of two decades. in a book in the early 2000s he backed the