Candidates on Space

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:33:07 +0000 (UTC),
(Greg Kuperberg) wrote:

Meet the new inertia. Same as the old inertia.


Not quite. When Bush Sr. was in office, the Democrats controlled
Congress. (And at the time, Bush had renewed China's MFN status right
after the Tianemen Square massacre; I always wondered if the Dems
wanted payback for that.) They lined up right behind Ted Kennedy and
chorused "No free launch!" held the funding as long as possible, and
when Clinton came in, he promptly killed it.

Oddly enough, while there has been comment on Bush not saying anything
since his announcement, AFAIK, Kennedy has not said anything; even if
he has, the criticism doesn't seem to be as harsh as it was in '89






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In article ,
Michael Gallagher wrote:
.... which bodes ill for political
support of exploration if he *is* re-elected.

I don't seem Bush cancelling it if reelected just because it was
ridiculed, though.

It's not necessary that he cancel it. It suffices that he not put time
and effort and political capital into making it happen. Because it's
going to *need* White-House time and effort and political capital. If he
doesn't actively push it, then given the financial mess he's made, it's
dead.
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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:03:06 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

It's not necessary that he cancel it .... If he
doesn't actively push it, then given the financial mess he's made, it's
dead.


We'll have to see how it plays out if he's reelected, then, 'cause
right now it's just started. Apart from a lot of brainstorming,
there's not a lot to push.




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