Re: Barack Obama Continues to Disdain Space Exploration
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:35:33 -0700 (PDT), "Mark R. Whittington"
<mwhittingt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Barack Obama's recent statements concerning the direction of the civil
space program in his potential administration is the cause of
confusion at best, of very grave concern at worse. Since the
conventional wisdom has made Senator Obama the probable Democratic
nominee for President in 2008, an examination of his proposed space
policy is in order.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/665447/barack_obama_continues_to_disdain_space.html
In doing so, it might be a good idea to try not to look for the cloud
around the silver lining. Mr. Obama's proposals may not be the stuff
of space advocates' dreams .... but they need not be the stuff of
nightmares either, especially if the worst thing he's done is put his
foot in his mouth. Unfortunately, his tendency to be vague about the
issues doesn't help much. But remember, before Iowa, he predicted
that whoever won Iowa would win the nomination. That was true for
John Kerry in '04, but I buess Billary didn't get that memo. :)
Also, remember that liberal Democrats tend to be internationalists,
and there is international interest in lunar exploration (Morring,
Frank Jr., Michael A. Taverna and Neelam Mathews, "Bandwagon,"
AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY, October 1, 2007, pp. 24-26). The
Japanese already have a probe orbiting it. An internationaly inclined
Democratic president who eschewed the Moon while others are interested
in it might have egg on his face .... and decide to follow the herd.
That's no guaruntee, of course. But in this case, peer pressure could
be a wonderful thing.
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