THIS IS NO WALK IN THE PARK HERE
WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING THE FRONTIER
IT'S NOT A SURE THING.
IT'S NOT LIKE JUST TAKING AN AIR
FLIGHT SOMEWHERE.
THERE'S SOME CHANCE THAT
SOMETHING COULD GO WRONG.
FIRST TOURIST IN SPACE SET TO
FLY AROUND THE MOON ON THE
THE TRIP IS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH
IN 2023 TO DATE ONLY 24 HUMANS
TRAVELED TO THE MOON THE LAST
ONE MADE THE JOURNEY IN 1972 AT
THE END OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
LET'S TAKE IT UP WITH AUTHOR OF
DOCTOR, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU
FIRST, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF
YOUR VIDEOS TODAY I'M NOT SURE
I'M SMART ENOUGH TO DO THIS
INTERVIEW BUT I'M EXCITED TO
HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW AND I WANT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT APOLLO
PROGRAM.
IT SEEMED THAT IN 1972 WHEN
PRESIDENT NIXON CANCELED THE
APOLLO PROGRAM AND WENT TO THE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM THAT WE LOST OUR
FASCINATION AND WE LOST THE
DESIRE TO EXPLORE DEEP SPACE.
WAS THAT A MISTAKE BY THE
PRESIDENT TO DO THAT?
>>  YEAH, I THINK SO, YOU KNOW
WHEN I WAS A KID, THE HEADLINES
WERE DOMINATED BY ASTRONAUTS AND
THEN NASA GOT STALE.
IT BECAME THE AGING SEAT TO
NOWHERE.
THE THRILL WAS GONE BUT NOW THE
THRILL IS COMING BACK.
THIS TIME IT'S BILLIONAIRES
SETTING THE PACE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ELON MUSK OF
TESLA MOTORS, JEFF BEZOS OF
AMAZON, RICHARD BRANSON OF
VIRGIN ATLANTIC, THREE
BILLIONAIRES THAT ARE
TAKING IT AWAY FROM NASA AND
THEY WANT TO GO BACK INTO OUTER
>>  THE TOURISM SPACE FLIGHT
ITSELF THAT GO AROUND THE MOON
THEY WON'T LAND AROUND THE MOON
BUT ORBIT AROUND THE MOON, THE
FRIENDS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO
THE MOON HAVE HAD DEEP RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCES HAVING BEEN THERE.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS FLIGHT.
>>  YES, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A
NEW ROCKET AND THE MEDIA I THINK
MISSED A BIG STORY.
THE BFR IS REALLY A MARS ROCKET.
ELON MUSK ALREADY HAS THE FALCON
ROCKET CAPABLE OF ORBITING THE
MOON BUT HE WANTS TO GO EVEN
DREAM AND THAT DREAM AND VISION
IS TO BECOME A MULTI-PLANET
SPECIES SO HE'S WAY BEYOND
SIMPLY BIDDING THE RUSSIANS IN
THE 1960S AND WAY BEYOND SIMPLY
GOING BACK TO THE MOON.
>>  DOCTOR, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
PLANNING TO CREATE A U.S. SPACE
FORCE AS A SEPARATE MILITARY ARM
$13 BILLION IN ITS FIRST FIVE
YEARS AND ALSO REQUIRE COP GREG
ALL ACTION THIS IS STRATEGIC
COMPETITION WITH BOTH RUSSIA AND
CHINA AND I WANT TO ASK YOU
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RUSSIA THAT
DEVELOPED THIS WEAPON CALLED THE
HYPER DRIVE WHICH IS SOMETHING
THE UNITED STATES HAS THEY SAID
THEY WILL HAVE THIS IN 2020.
DOES THIS PUT THEM AHEAD OF US
IN THE SPACE RACE?
>>  WELL YES BUT IT'S OF
MARGINAL IMPORTANCE.
THE HYPERSONIC DRIVE, FOR
EXAMPLE, IS A WEAPON THAT ON RE
ENTRY CAN MANEUVER USUALLY AN
ICBM, WHEN IT COMES BACK INTO
COULD BE A SITTING DUCK FOR A
STAR WARS SYSTEM SO THAT'S WHY
THE RUSSIANS WANT TO MAKE A
HYPERDRIVE DEVICE WHICH CAN
NOW, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE
UNITED STATES TESTED ITS OWN
VERSION TWO YEARS AGO, BUT THEY
COMING IN AT SEVERAL TYPES THE
SPEED OF SOUND AND HAVE IT EVADE
A STAR WARS SYSTEM, BUT YOU KNOW
, BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS HAVE
ANNOUNCED THEY'RE WORKING ON IT,
WE TOO ARE NOW WORKING ON IT AND
SO YES THE CHINESE ARE ALSO NOW
WORKING ON THESE WEAPONS AS WELL
>>  DOCTOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
