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Kerry's "Space Policy"
Read it and weep:
http://www.johnkerry.com/communities...acepolicy.html I know the ghost of John Kennedy must be in tears. |
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If JFK were alive today, he probably would have voted for George W.
Bush. Kerry has absolutely no goals for space exploration, just a lot of rhetoric with no clear purpose on what he would set out to do. What about manned exploration? Not much there. He has no concept about history either. Kerry claims everything was done in secret, with no consultations, etc. etc. The Apollo program was initially a secret when it was first envisioned, and in the end, it was a great success. GWB's plan has the support of every major space lobbying group in America. Even Neil Armstrong has come out in favour. I wonder what Kerry's voting record is like when it came to voting for various space endeavours. I'm Canadian, so I wouldn't know for sure, but didn't he vote to try and kill the ISS some years back? GWB's plan for NASA and the future of space exploration may not be perfect, but at least he has a vision and it's a start, just like JFK had one back in 1961. Kerry on the other hand, has no vision. And on Nov. 2, if the polls are correct, we will have at least 4 more years to work on GWB's plan and get the ball rolling for a whole new start in space exploration. Mark Whittington wrote: Read it and weep: http://www.johnkerry.com/communities...acepolicy.html I know the ghost of John Kennedy must be in tears. |
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"Mark Whittington" schrieb im Newsbeitrag om... Read it and weep: http://www.johnkerry.com/communities...acepolicy.html I know the ghost of John Kennedy must be in tears. Didn't see any problem. More money, less flag planting stuff. Sounds like exactly what NASA needs for the next few years. Lots of Greetings! Volker |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:10:56 -0500, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: In article , (Mark Whittington) wrote: Read it and weep: http://www.johnkerry.com/communities...acepolicy.html Sorry, the best I can manage is to read it with relief. (1) Increase funding for NASA. Well, I no longer pin all my hopes on humanity's development of space on NASA, but on the other hand, NASA does still have an important role to play. It will help to have them fully funded. Not if they're not spending the money effectively. What does "fully funded" mean, outside the context of a program plan or goal? Kerry appears to have none, at least as far as manned spaceflight goes. (3) Including other nations in space exploration. Maybe not a bad idea -- if we had done ISS unilaterally, it would probably have tumbled into the ocean by now. Only the Russians are keeping it alive. If we'd done it unilaterally, it wouldn't have happened, since most of the political justification for it was to promote international cooperation (and provide foreign aid to the Russians). It would have died in the 1993 vote. Now granted, some people will argue that ISS falling would be a good thing. But when it comes to (say) a lunar base, I'd much rather see one that survives than one with only an American flag that gets abandoned the first time one of our craft explodes. That's an interesting false choice. Can you justify it? (5) Improving the management of NASA. Can't argue with that. By the people who kept Dan Goldin on for eight years? I know the ghost of John Kennedy must be in tears. The ghost of John Kennedy has been in tears since 1973. The ghost of John Kennedy is even more indifferent to space exploration than the live version was, and that's saying something. |
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Paul wrote:
If JFK were alive today, he probably would have voted for George W. Bush. Kerry has absolutely no goals for space exploration, just a lot of rhetoric with no clear purpose on what he would set out to do. ... But look at what George Bush has done. His incompetant mismangement caused the distruction of shuttle Columbia! Bush surely knew about "shuttle problem" before the disaster occurred - and he lied to the American people about it! Would JFK have looked the other way while NASA underestimated the foam shedding problem? I think not! Kerry has a plan to mismanage the shuttle program in a smarter way. A better way. His plan is secret, yes, but you can be certain that it is smarter. Much, much smarter because Kerry got better grades than Bush at Yale. - Ed Kyle |
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I know the ghost of John Kennedy must be in tears.
The ghost of John Kennedy has been in tears since 1973. If the ghost of JFK is crying about anything, it sure wouldn't be a space program that he seems to have cared about, while alive, only insofar as it could show up the Russians. JIMO. |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:33:05 -0500, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Now granted, some people will argue that ISS falling would be a good thing. But when it comes to (say) a lunar base, I'd much rather see one that survives than one with only an American flag that gets abandoned the first time one of our craft explodes. That's an interesting false choice. Can you justify it? It's an analogy with the (now trimmed) space station. We are currently in a situation where, if not for the Russians, we have been forced to abandon ISS (if you disagree with that part, let's examine that in detail). So, I was suggesting that we could get into a similar situation on a lunar base -- some disaster might cause us to ground our lunar-capable fleet, and if that is the only way we have to get to the base, then it will be abandoned. Of course we could, if we're dumb. But there are many alternatives. (5) Improving the management of NASA. Can't argue with that. By the people who kept Dan Goldin on for eight years? No. Different people. It's a mistake to think that all Democrats (or all Republicans, for that matter) are the same. Except that Kerry's space advisors (like his defense and foreign policy advisors) seem largely to be Clinton-era retreads. One of the few times he made any extended statements about the subject, he praised the Clinton-era program. (As an aside: politically, I'm an independent; it's only because the Bush administration is so demonstrably evil Joe, you crack me up. |
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edkyle99 wrote:
Paul wrote: If JFK were alive today, he probably would have voted for George W. Bush. Kerry has absolutely no goals for space exploration, just a lot of rhetoric with no clear purpose on what he would set out to do. ... But look at what George Bush has done. His incompetant mismangement caused the distruction of shuttle Columbia! Bush surely knew about "shuttle problem" before the disaster occurred - and he lied to the American people about it! Would JFK have looked the other way while NASA underestimated the foam shedding problem? I think not! Kerry has a plan to mismanage the shuttle program in a smarter way. A better way. His plan is secret, yes, but you can be certain that it is smarter. Much, much smarter because Kerry got better grades than Bush at Yale. - Ed Kyle I guess LBJ knew beforehand that there were problems with electrical system aboard the spacecraft and so it fully responsible for the destruction of the Apollo 1 capsule and the loss of the Apollo crew. And I guess that means that Ronald Reagan is also responsible for the destruction of the shuttle Challenger and crew. Everyone knew from day one that there would be potential disasters in space. You have to be a fool to think otherwise. And it is literary impossible to foresee what kind of disaster will occur. As for Kerry being smarter. If he was that smart, he would not have admitted to committing war-crimes while in Vietnam and then calling all the other soldiers who were over there, war criminals when he testified before Congress back in ’71. Smarter does not mean better. |
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