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Linda Wertheimer talks with Larry Elmore, a retired airplane pilot who is planning to jump from an airplane 60 times Tuesday. Elmore was forced retire from Trans World Airlines at the age of 60. He's decided to prove that he's still in top shape.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about his latest poll concerning the public's opinion of President Bush's job during his first 100 days. The data show that the president is doing as well as his predecessors.

In his first 100 days in office, President Bush has pursued the tax cut and education plans he campaigned for last year. He has generated controversy over the environment and come to grips with his first foreign crisis. He has also shown a strong devotion to the country beyond the confines of Congress and the national's capital city. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House.

The planet Mars could be the place human space explorers head next. But the danger -- not to mention the expense -- leads many researchers to question how much humans can do when they get there that a well trained robot couldn't. David Kestenbaum reports on the dream and the downside of human space exploration.

Writer Micheline Aharonian Marcom examines the persecution of Christians in Turkey during the early 20th century in her first novel: Three Apples Fell From Heaven. Alan Cheuse has a review. (1:45) The book is published by Riverside.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Simon Ingram of the BBC about the mass protests in the Philippines. Citizens in Manila are protesting the arrest of former leader Joseph Estrada, and the U.S. says the country is in a state of rebellion.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that Vice President Dick Cheney previewed recommendations for Bush administration energy policies that calls for more power plants and oil drilling in Alaska's wild lands. He said conservation and alternative energy sources are not enough to prevent the nation from experiencing the crisis now seen in California.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on a new ranking of the world's best business schools. The list shows some surprising results from asking over a thousand corporate recruiters to rank schools based on some unusual factors.

Commentator and poet Andrei Codrescu offers his unique perspective on world events, free trade, human rights, and consumerism. Ideologies are giving way to the marketplace, he says.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Bush will propose a National Missile Defense plan today. In a speech at National Defense University, he is expected to warn that the U.S. needs protection against rogue nations -- even if that means violating arms treaties.