"ed kyle" wrote in message
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What will President Kerry do with NASA? My guess is that
he will want to dump the Bush Moon/Mars plans ASAP, but
will he be able to stop CEV and the end of Shuttle?

- Ed Kyle

Why do so many seem to assume that Kerry would be less supportive of space
activities? Bush never had any interest in this area at all until he saw
an opportunity for some election year drama exploiting the excitement over
the MERs. Historically, with the exception of Kennedy (driven by the cold
war), there hasn't been all that much partisan difference on space efforts.
Also, it's far from clear that the Bush proposals are really of substantive
value. They don't address some of the remaining serious problems with NASA
(particularly re. contractor cronyism and pork barrel spending). I haven't
much about Kerry's positions on space, but see no particular reason to be
apprehensive about them.