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h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

Yes, it's more of a goal than a plan. But at least we have one now.

Oh, please. Stop with the one-liners.

Past administrations have always had "plans" but no one ever really
cared up beyond the level of the policy wonks. It has yet to be seen
whether Dubya really cares, either, or if this is mere political
posturing. For that matter, given NASA's miniscule share of the
Federal budget and how little true work is being done or will be done
in the next FY on the current "plan", one could argue convincingly
that Dubya's commitment isn't very serious, else he would have asked
for a substantial increase in NASA's funding to flesh out and begin
implementing said plan while still finishing the US share of ISS.

The fact that he's not, and that he's spent in excess of 13 times
NASA's annual budget - over and above DoD's annual budget - to fight a
war in Iraq that cannot be justified on the basis for which it was
ostensibly fought in the first place speaks volumes.

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