Comments on: Kerry and (Jeb) Bush http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kerry-and-jeb-bush Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Matt Lacey http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/#comment-337 Fri, 07 May 2004 04:32:24 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=153#comment-337 Kerry’s turn?

Chandra is run out of Harvard.

]]> By: Bill Turner http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/#comment-336 Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:02:59 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=153#comment-336 Email from the Kerry campaign:

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Dear Friend,

Thank you for writing to John Kerry with your thoughts about NASA and
space programs.

John Kerry is a member of the Science, Technology & Space Subcommittee
which oversees all NASA budget and other issues in the Senate. He has
supported greater NASA funding, criticized the Reagan Administration’s
NASA cuts and was instrumental in funding & development of the Advanced
X-ray Astrophysics Facility (Chandra space telescope). He has also stated
that NASA science funding is essential for American students and
scientists to remain competitive. Former NASA Admin. Dan Goldin has also
praised JK for his work in support of NASA.

Kerry said in a speech at Stanford University on 12/08/03: We need to
foster the next generation of discovery and ingenuity with increased
funding for important programs and agencies such as the National Science
Foundation and NASA. Here is a link to the entire text of that speech:
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2003_1208.html

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From this email, Kerry seems to be more of a space science guy than a NASA guy.

]]> By: Bill White http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/#comment-335 Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:37:55 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=153#comment-335 Given Sherwood Boehlert’s position it may not matter much, after all.

My link was removed, so here it is:

http://www.house.gov/science/press/speeches/sp042104.htm

]]> By: Mark R. Whittington http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/#comment-334 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:36:19 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=153#comment-334 Jim, that’s a good point. Senators Proxmire and Mondale quietly dropped their opposition to the space shuttle program when their states got NASA contracts in the mid 70s. No reason to suspect that Kerry was not for sale in a similer manner.

]]> By: Jim Rohrich http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/#comment-333 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:21:52 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=153#comment-333 Jeff,

Did any of Kerry’s constituents in Massachusetts get big NASA money during the 96 – 97 timeframe?

]]> By: Mark R. Whittington http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/04/17/kerry-and-jeb-bush/#comment-332 Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:22:57 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=153#comment-332 I somehow doubt that a guy (John Kerry) who leads chants of “Send Bush to Mars!” at campaign rallies and has openly ridiculed the President’s space initiative could be considered supportive of space exploration, absent of course any alternative policy on his part.

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