Re: Is NASA a US "Defence Agency"?

On Nov 19, 8:57 am, Monte Davis <monte.da...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Michael Gallagher <mikejo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Congress never funded SEI, and Clinton crushed it and
disbanded the space council once he was in office...
since Bush Sr. didn't have a
second term, the program didn't get a fighting chance to get started
on some hardware...

Read Thor Hogan's "Mars Wars" at

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070031234_2007...

For better or worse, SEI was dead for all practical purposes by
mid-1991, 18 months before Clinton took office. Sorry if that doesn't
suit your polticial preferences.

Face it, when Bush Sr. relied on Dan Quayle for his space plans it was
doomed from the get-go.

Yes, Gallagher is such a passionate conservative he's smacks of a
bleeding heart about it. :) Or is that "bleating heart"?
.

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