On Mon, 10 May 2004 12:02:21 -0400, in a place far, far away, Michael
Gallagher made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:47:56 GMT, h (Rand
Simberg) wrote:

I'm saying that NASA should encourage, rather than (as has been
its effect, if not intent, since its inception) discourage the
development of such infrastructure.

I don't see any reason why NASA can't do that AND work towards
President Bush's initiative.

Neither do I, other than historically, it's had a difficult time in
doing so.