Comments on: Space policy and the Illinois Senate race

By: Kirsten Tynan

Kirsten Tynan — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:18:28 +0000

Politics is politics- you’ll have a hard time at best trying to change the nature of the beast.

A better idea is to stop wasting effort playing political games and move space exploration into the private sector.

By: Bill White

Bill White — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:46:13 +0000

Since Anaxagoras is correct about the Democrats and Republicans (their squabbling often reminds me of the old Mad magazine cartoon: “Spy v Spy”)doesn’t that suggest that space advocates need to find ways to encourage bi-partisan space initiatives?

In my opinion, the proving ground for the Bush space vision will arrive in January 2009.

By: Anaxagoras

Anaxagoras — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:31:59 +0000

Democrats will oppose Bush’s space policy simply because it was Bush who proposed it. Had Gore been President and proposed exactly the same policy, the Democrats would be trumpeting it to the high heavens (with the Republicans trying to tear it down).

This is nothing new, of course. Two hundred years ago, members of the Federalist Party criticized the Lewis and Clark Expedition, simply because it was Thomas Jefferson’s idea.