Astronaut Describes Botched Attempt To Achieve Lunar High Jump Record

Charles Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16, describes a spontaneous attempt to achieve the record for highest jump on the moon. Duke describes flipping over and nearly landing on his equipment, which would have endangered his life. Duke says that the botched attempt put an end to "the moon olympics". (0:37)
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Apollo Astronaut Advocates Creation Of Moon Base

Charles Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16, advises that if the U.S. was to return to the moon, it should build a base similar to those in Antarctica. "I think we can develop technologies that we can use to extract Oxygen, hydrogen from the rocks and utilize resources there to help us inhabit this area of the moon for a considerable time," said Duke. (0:38)
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Buzz Aldrin: Let's Go To Mars Now

Buzz Aldrin of the Apollo 11 mission and the first lunar landing discusses what he believes the focus of the current space program should be. He says, "America to Mars is what ought to be, not America back to the moon.” (0:30)

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Obama To Pursue Cancer Cure

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

Billy Tauzin, President and CEO of PhRMA, discusses President Obama's announcement about finding a cure for cancer versus President Kennedy's announcement about sending a man to the moon. He noted that the public may be receiving this information differently because in Kennedy's charge, it was just one thing to conquer rather than hundreds. (0:28)
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