Rand Simberg wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:58:43 GMT, in a place far, far away, Joann
Evans made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Until Zefram Cochrane is born, I'd like to know what his position is
on more mundane forms of spaceflight are.....

Given his other deficits, I'm not sure that I care. I can't imagine
voting for him under any circumstances.

Well, this certainly does tend to support your (and other) assertions
that a 'pro-space' stance soesn't help, and may actually hinder a
candidate. Had he addressed things like encouraging space development,
he would've at least avoided sounding like a flake...

(Which has nothing to do withwether FTL travel is ever possible or
not, it's simply totally irrelevant at this time. "Mr. President, I
canna change the laws of physics!")