Charles Buckley ) wrote:
: Eric Chomko wrote:
: D Schneider ) wrote:
: : Eric Chomko wrote:
:
: : [...]
: : Please do explain what Mr. Buckley meant. My thick slavic skull sometimes
: : has trouble getting info in. But once in it, likewise, the info doesn't
: : easily escape.
:
: : How about "ISS and Apollo are on the Democrat list, while Shuttle is on
: : the Republican list"?
:
: ISS is Democrat? ISS is out of Texas. When was the last time any Democrat
: had anything to do with Texas?
:

: Johnson Space Center?

Right, 36 years ago...
Yeah, I guess you got me there. LOL!

: ISS was pushed through by Clinton in 1993. With 7 redesigns in 9 years
: and a very, very weak vote in the previous budget, ISS was doomed.
: Clinto pulled together the deal with the Russians and got it through
: congress.

Because "Freedom" was a bigger White Elephant.

: Note, there was not much by way of a partisan vote either.

Phooey! Guess what would happen if Hubble went to JSC and ISS went to
GSFC. We get that one Hubble repair mission!

: No, manned spaceflight is Republican and unmanned spaceflight is Democrat.
: THAT is the aspect of NASA in 2005.
:

: There is no evidence of that. The major blocks to the CEV are
: Republicans. (Specifically Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
: of the House Committe on Science). The Clinton administration
: supported more X programs aimed at manned space flight than
: any administration since the 1960's. This really is not a
: partisan issue. (Well, excepting that there are a lot of budget
: cuts this year in a lot of programs and Bush will not likely
: be able to avoid NASA getting the same.)

If it really isn't a partisan issue, then why not let one of the blue
states take CEV?

Eric