Apollo Astronaut Laments Current Funding For Space Exploration

Eugene Cernan of Apollo 10 and 17 says less than one penny of every tax dollar goes to support space exploration. He says, "You decide if that's worth it." (0:10)
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Apollo Astronauts Are "Lucky Group," Says Apollo Vet Cernan

Eugene Cernan of Apollo 10 and 17 describes what the Apollo astronauts have experienced and the responsibilities they now carry. He says, “We just happen to be the luckiest group of people in the entire history of the modern world to have done something, to live our dreams, to go somewhere where no man has ever gone before and the responsibility is to give that back in some way or another or provide...the opportunities for those that follow in our footsteps to once again see what has never been seen before." (0:29)
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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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Retaliation and deterrence key to protecting space

Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that deterrence and a sufficient capability to survive an attack and retaliate are the primary ways to protect a nation's interests in space (0:48).
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China identifies space as a military weakness for the US

Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that China's military strategy identifies US dependence on space for intelligence as a potential weakness that the People's Republic could exploit for its own gains on the battlefield should a conflict arise. (1:00)
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Rear Admiral Kenneth W. Deutsch Discusses the Future of the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) at Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hearing

Rear Admiral Kenneth W. Deutsch discusses the future of the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) at Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing. (0:27)
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