MARIA:
>>> I'M GOING TO STEP OFF THE
LAND NOW.
THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.
MARIA: AN ICONIC MOMENT THAT
CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER, NEIL
ARMSTRONG TAKING MANKIND'S FIRST
STEPS ON THE MOON.
EVENT.
JOINING US NOW IS STEVEN BARBER,
THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF VANILLA
FIRE PRODUCTIONS, THE MAN BEHIND
THE PUSH FOR THIS STAW CHEW.
THE TAKE
THE SAKE
THE STAE
THE STATUE.
>> I SHOT A MOVIE IN THE CAPITOL
1 OF YEARS AGO ABOUT THE
MARINES.
I HAD SEEN THIS STATUE CREATED
BY A GENTLEMAN NAMED GEORGE
LONDINE.
HAD I EVER SEEN AROUND THE
WORLD.
TEN YEARS LATER I WAS HANGING
AROUND WITH BUZZ ALDRIN.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY.
I WENT ON A BIKE RIDE.
I THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MEMORIALIZE THESE
GUYS.
I CALLED NASA AND I SAID WOULD
YOU BE INTERESTED IN 12 MOON
WALKERS, THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL
VISION.
NASA WAS LIKE WE CAN'T DO THAT
LEGALLY.
ABOUT THE 50th ANNIVERSARY,
THINKING ABOUT THE STATUE.
MY FATHER WORKED FOR GENERAL
MORE TOE, HE WAS AN ENGINEER.
IT CAME TOGETHER.
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LOVED
IT.
I MET WITH THE ARTIST.
WE FLEW DOWN THERE AND MET WITH
HIM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY
FOR IT BUT I'M GOING TO PAY FOR
IT.
AMAZING TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF
MANKIND, THE MOON LANDING.
>> I THINK IT'S FASCINATING
TIMING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
FOCUSED ON THE RENEWAL AND
INTEREST IN SPACE WITH THE SPACE
FORCE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT SECURING
THE FUNDING?
YOU SAY YOU MIGHT DO IT BUT --
>> WELL, I SOLD GANDHI HIS FIRST
SET OF BRASS KNUCKLES.
HOW'S THAT?
I'M A SALES GUY.
THAT WAS BEFORE THE HUNGER
STRIKE.
I SAW OUR GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL
MILKEN, I DROPPED A PACKAGE OFF
AT MICHAEL'S HOUSE.
HE WANT TODD BE PART OF THE
SPACE PROGRAM.
MICHAEL, I CAN HELP YOU.
MA HI YA
.A HI YA
.I'HI YA
.I'VE YA
.I'VE RAISED $4 MILLION.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST NOBEL
FILM COMPANIES IN AMERICA.
MARIA: YOU'RE A DOCUMENTARY
MILL FILM MAKER.
YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A FILM
BASED ON THIS CAMPAIGN.
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HE SEE.
>> ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF APOLLO
11, THE ASTROROH
11, THE ASTRONAH
11, THE ASTRONAUTS.
I'LL SHOW THE STATUES BEING
MADE.
GEORGE LONDINE AND HIS BROTHER
MARK ARE BRILLIANT ARTISTS.
BRILLIANT.
THE NUMBER FOR THIS IS $750 TO
PUT A NAMING RIGHT.
THESE STATUES WILL BE HERE FOR
DECADES AFTER WE'RE GONE.
MARIA: LOOK AT THE PRIVATE
PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE TRAVEL.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE
GAME COMPLETELY.
PRIVATIZATION, PRIVATE COMPANIES
GETTING INTO SPACE AND EVEN THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RAMPING UP
AS WELL?
>> IT'S ALSO INSPIRING.
YOU GO BACK TO 1962 WHEN A YOUNG
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS AT WRIGHTS
UNIVERSITY ON SEPTEMBER 12th
IT'S HARD.
THAT WAS SO INSPIRATION AS.