Comments on: Reagan and the Aldridge Commission http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/07/reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission 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: Dwayne A. Day http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/07/reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission/#comment-563 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 04:26:32 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=200#comment-563 On May 10 this article appeared:

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040510-125812-6719r

The article claimed that the Aldridge report would be released in July and that Bush would make a speech at that time. But the report is being released now and no word of a Bush speech has been mentioned associated with the release. So if Bush does give a speech on this, it will be sometime in the future.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/07/reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission/#comment-562 Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:34:52 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=200#comment-562 I thought that there had been an announcement a few weeks ago that the president *will* be making a space speech this month (in the wake of the report release).

There is a danger of it being lost in the Reagan media frenzy, though, just as the Paine report was ignored because it had the bad luck to come out in the midst of the Challenger loss.

]]> By: Dwayne A. Day http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/07/reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission/#comment-561 Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:47:24 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=200#comment-561 Certainly PR is important, but there are also a number of factors that will affect the publicity that are beyond their control:

-the perception among the press as to the importance of this report. (One thing that hurt the Aerospace committee was the perception that it was not an important group, no matter how important the subject.)

-the perception among the press of the importance of the report relevant to the overall implementation of the policy. There seems to be a growing perception in the press that the Vision on Space Exploration is in a holding pattern at least until the election.

-what else happens in the week. If it is a slow news week, this will get more play. How likely is it to be a slow news week? (Remember Iraq?)

It was hinted many months ago in the press that when the report was ultimately released the president would be involved somehow. That apparently seems unlikely and there have been no rumors of Bush giving a speech upon reception of the report. That diminishes its importance in the eyes of the press, but is not really within the control of the commission itself. Lots of people compete for the president’s time and attention.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/07/reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission/#comment-560 Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:15:34 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=200#comment-560 How the PR is handled is no small thing here. Remember the commission on the future of the aerospace industry?? No? Neither did anyone else.
(Not the right thing to say for this crowd, I know; but, you understand…). When that report was released, even though it dealt with the ‘crown jewel’ industry of America…the Washington Post didn’t even carry it on the front page. Assuming that the press is going to act responsibly is not wise; it certainly won’t on a day/week when just about anything else happens, with the heard mentality there seems to be today. So I hope they work to get the PR..and its timing..right, so one way or another, it will mean something.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/07/reagan-and-the-aldridge-commission/#comment-559 Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:24:20 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=200#comment-559 http://www.space.com/news/commission_delay_040607.html

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