[speaker001:] ready so what do you think do we spend too much on the space program or
[speaker002:] well I think they ought to spend uh I don't think they ought to spend overly spend on it but uh I don't see anything wrong with you know having a pretty good budget for it because uh
[speaker001:] do you
[speaker002:] heck I don't know I don't I think maybe one day they will uh find a good use for it you know maybe they haven't all that much yet uh other than the little things they've developed in this space shuttle
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] the little experiments that they've done and so forth you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] in uh I know they asked the question uh would you go if you had the chance and I'd go tomorrow
[speaker001:] yeah we could oh really
[speaker002:] if I had a chance
[speaker001:] oh you're an adventurer huh
[speaker002:] yeah right
[speaker001:] what makes it what makes it so exciting for you
[speaker002:] well I don't know I just it would be something I've never experienced before weightlessness I'd love to experience weightlessness that's something I've always uh thought would be fascinating you know
[speaker001:] yeah that that'd be fun that'd be a lot of fun uh-huh that's true yeah I'd I'd have to I'd think once or twice but I think I'd probably do it just for the experience I guess but it'd be pretty interesting that's for sure
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I think so when they had the uh accident you know back the space shuttle accident and I thought well maybe I won't go you know but uh since then I thought well what the heck I'd go if it would be a one time once in lifetime experience I'd try it
[speaker001:] uh-huh  oh yeah you couldn't couldn't pass it up that's for sure
[speaker002:] no I don't think so
[speaker001:] you think it'll ever happen where they'll let it'll be common or
[speaker002:] uh it might it it very well may uh I think it's sort a
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] had a setback because of that accident and uh and sometimes I get really disappointed because they have so many delays when they have a launch
[speaker001:] yeah yeah that's true
[speaker002:] and everything I think gee you know they'll never get this worked out it just seems like they they delay it more and more every time they have a launch
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] so I don't know you know they seems like they sort of bog down they're not really progressing right now to me
[speaker001:] yeah I'm I'm kind of anxious to see what they do with this uh uh this space station they're talking about you know I think that'd be a step to where you know in the right direction but
[speaker002:] yeah yeah yeah yeah well I believe that uh they'll eventually make it to Mars you know maybe not in our lifetime but uh you know if this world is still here at that time I think they'll I think they'll eventually do that
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah  yeah I'd uh just the way we progress I I like I say I'd hate to see them cut out the the budget there's a lot of places you know that can use it but just you know simple things like Teflon stuff like that all came from the Apollo mission yeah things they developed
[speaker002:] right is that right I didn't realize that
[speaker001:] you know in that program you know I mean mean mean just common everyday things that we take for granted but
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know that's as an offshoot it's kind of like the military budget you know there's a lot of things we use because they put so much money in the military
[speaker002:] sure sure
[speaker001:] that we end up using just a you know everyday stuff but something like that Teflon something you take for granted you use it every day but
[speaker002:] yeah yeah yeah yeah
[speaker001:] if it hadn't of been for something like that you'd never you know really not have got it so
[speaker002:] yeah well that's true that's true and I guess they've got a lot of uh they've done a lot of medical tests
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh in space too and uh I mean I don't know what they've they've actually come up with
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but uh I know that medicine is another area that they used that they've used in space a lot you know
[speaker001:] well they said yeah uh-huh they say in you know in weightlessness they're they're able to do a lot of different things with the chemicals and minerals that they can't do with the gravity so
[speaker002:] that's right right right
[speaker001:] there could be some valuable I guess there's a shuttle going up tomorrow as far as I
[speaker002:] is that no I don't even know about that
[speaker001:] yeah I think it's they've been a little concerned because it's kind of chilly it's cold you know like you say so they're worried about the
[speaker002:] oh yeah the the the ice
[speaker001:] same thing that happened to the Challenger but they are going up to do some tests with some organisms uh organisms and stuff and weightlessness to see how they uh
[speaker002:] right uh-huh
[speaker001:] how they react to that and everything but so I think I think you're right though they're getting little better and better sooner sooner you know sooner or later they're going to make some major breakthroughs
[speaker002:] right to the weightlessness yeah I think I think they'll work it out eventually yeah like you say it will be a major breakthrough right now they're sort of sort of sitting still but I think eventually it will uh they'll it will come to them
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know
[speaker001:] yeah it's just a matter of time I guess nothing ever comes without nothing ever comes without some effort so
[speaker002:] that's right well you know talking about the weightlessness I've uh I've uh noticed that they've talked about like these Russian astronauts stay up there for nearly a year
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know they have a lot of problems with the I'm not sure what it is with the the muscle muscle tone and so forth because they uh
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] they have been weightless so long and then they course they exercise but it's not the same as exercising with gravity and the I I'm not sure exactly
[speaker001:] oh really I hadn't heard that
[speaker002:] what the deal was but there were some problems with long term weightlessness
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh really
[speaker002:] yeah and they were trying to figure out how to solve that problem if they were planning on going to Mars because you know it would be a real long term talking about a couple of years I guess
[speaker001:] yeah huh so it was just that their muscles weren't as well toned as they started or
[speaker002:] I I'm not sure if it was tone or exactly what it was but I I remember they had a lot of problems with their uh when when they got back to Earth uh walking you know they walk they couldn't walk very well
[speaker001:] uh-huh  uh-huh oh really huh
[speaker002:] when they finally made it back into gravity and uh I'm not sure exactly why that was you know I mean it was because of the weightlessness but I'm not sure physiologically what happened
[speaker001:] yeah