Re: Glenn speech

From: Gene DiGennaro (genedigennaro_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: 1 Dec 2004 14:30:04 -0800

Herb Schaltegger <herb.schaltegger@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message news:<herb.schaltegger-0D5631.11162401122004@news.newsguy.com>...

> 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.

Regardless about how anyone feels about the Iraqi war, Constellation
will have a rocky course during an on-going and expensive war. While I
support Constellation, the average man-in-the-street(or woman) will
have a hard time supporting expanded human spaceflight while we are
spending money on a war.

I feel that the Clinton administration missed an oppurtunity there in
the mid to late 90's. We had no large international war on terrorists
at the time, although there are some who say we should have had one.
Naturally after Sept 11, the nation's focus was on fighting terrorism.
I don't know if Constellation can be sold to the Average Joe right
now.

Obviously, Constellation will have to last through several
administrations and probably not all of the successive administrations
will be of the same political party. However, the fact that the ESA
and RSA are also interested in an expanded human presence in space may
be a good thing. Too bad the RSA doesn't have the bucks.

Gene DiGennaro
Baltimore,Md.

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