Paul Mense ) wrote:
: Ray wrote:
: I heard once that Walter Mondall
: tried to stop the Apollo moon landings after the Apollo 1 fire and I think
: that John Kerry tried to cut funding to the space station back in 1991.
: What do you all think?
:
: Ray
:
:
: If I remember correctly, back in 1984, when Mondall ran against Reagan
: for the presidency (and lost big time), didn’t he vow to get rid of the
: space shuttle and end all manned spaceflight altogether and use the
: money “saved” in solving all the problems here on Earth?

Yes, "scuttle the shuttle" was the claim.

Perhaps, Republicans support manned spaceflight more than Democrats, and
Democrats support unmanned spaceflight (climate models, astronomy, science
in general). Whereas, manned spaceflight is viewed as an extension of the
military to some degree, unmanned is more for pure science.

Eric