"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
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In article rg87i.238759$aG1.46556@pd7urf3no,
Dave Michelson wrote:
... NASA scores poorly on almost every measure of political importance,
nowadays; it cannot reasonably expect much of his attention.

Moreover, it always has, if Murray & Cox are to be believed.

Not quite. For most of JFK's reign, and the early part of LBJ's, it had
*some* importance -- as witness, not least, the significant slice of the
federal budget it briefly got. It still didn't get a *big* share of the
President's time, but it did get a modest amount. But neither the money
nor the importance lasted; both were in sharp decline toward the end of
LBJ's presidency.


Of course it quickly declined, the goal was to land in the moon.

SSP would take quite a bit longer, and as it developed
the benefits would too. SSP would generate more support
over time.




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