A Progressive Vision of Human Space Exploration--Important to California, a Leader in Aerospace and High Tech |
| Published: December 4, 2007, 10:00 am |
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By Thomas Gangale George W. Bush's "Vision for Space Exploration" is well into its third year. While a welcome departure from Bill Clinton's zero vision, and the elder Bush's tragicomically fumbled Space Exploration Initiative, Dubya's vision is... well, the Texans have a saying: "Big hat, no cattle." He wants Americans to return to the Moon, but it's going to take longer to get there than it did the first time under John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. To boldly go where Democrats have taken us before, only slower. George W. wants to take us to Mars as well, but when that will happen is anyone's guess... before or after we get win the War on Terror? The old saying in the aerospace industry is, "No bucks, no Buck Rogers," and George W. hasn't requested much from Congress to fund his vision. It's vision on the cheap, like buying a pair of reading glasses at a supermarket. Some Democrats who would step into his shoes next year would also take up this [ Full article ] |
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