“The American people need to take ownership of it, and think of it as theirs — almost as a national right that we are in space,” added Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. “Otherwise, it’ll float away.”

Remember those red states and blue states? If the American people are to take ownership of our space vision it CANNOT be the “Bush vision” which leads me to this quote from Space.com:

“Aldridge, a former U.S. Air Force Secretary and the Pentagon’s top acquisition official from 2001- 2003, said it is not the commission’s job to question Bush’s agenda or seek alternatives, but to recommend a strategy for making the president’s exploration vision reality.

“We are not here to challenge or modify the president’s vision,” Aldridge said. “Our role in life is to determine what it would take to successfully implement this vision.”

What Democrat will openly support the “Bush vision” when John McCain (R) has called for Aldridge to be replaced? How can the American people “own” the vision when the vision has already been set in stone?