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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), chairman of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, has easily won reelection, beating his Democratic challenger by a 2-1 margin. However, Nick Lampson (D-TX), the ranking minority member of that subcommittee, lost his reelection bid to his Republican challenger, Ted Poe. Lampson was one of the staunchest pro-space Democrats […] A few key space-related House figures have easily won reelection. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), chairman of the House Science Committee, has won reelection, as has the ranking Democrat on that committee, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN). Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX), the House Majority Leader whose district includes NASA JSC, has also won reelection despite a surprisingly […] A couple more Senate races with space implications are going as expected: Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) are projected to win reelection. McCain is chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Brownback is chair of that committee’s Science, Technology, and Space subcommittee. Most of the major networks have projected that Sens. Kit Bond (R-MO) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) have won reelection. Mikulski, as previously discussed, has been a strong supporter of NASA in Congress, and is also the ranking minority member of the VA-HUD subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which has jurisdiction over NASA. Bond is […] The AP reported that, as planned, ISS astronaut Leroy Chiao voted electronically from orbit. Chiao didn’t reveal who he voted for, but that he thought about it “long and hard” over the weekend, taking into account more than space policy in his decision. Chiao actually transmitted his vote Sunday night, Halloween: “maybe that’s kind of […] If you’re one of those rare people for whom space policy is a deciding issue in this election, and you haven’t made your mind up for whom to vote today (yes, I realize I’ve probably reduced the size of the audience to zero, but just play along), you could do worse that to read Rand […] A reader emailed today and noted that C-SPAN carried a replay over the weekend of a Kerry campaign appearance Friday in Orlando. In that speech Kerry did mention space policy, claiming that he would “push the boundaries of the solar system” and “wouldn’t leave the money behind either.” Kerry’s campaign web site has a copy […] Watching football Sunday afternoon, I was startled to see a political commercial mention the Hubble Space Telescope. I wasn’t surprised, though, to see that the ad was for Barbara Mikulski, who is running for reelection to the Senate here in Maryland. Mikulski “fought to save the Hubble telescope”, the ad claimed, and also mentioned that […] This week’s edition of The Space Review has three articles that touch upon space policy and the Presidential election: Sam Dinkin looks at Kerry’s space policy and find that it “really says more about his domestic, Iraq, and terrorism policies than indicates much about what will happen for space in a Kerry presidency.” Greg Zsidisin […] |
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