The Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill has a special section today on aerospace, and three of the four essays contributed by members of Congress deal with space issues:
- Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) argues in support of the Vision for Space Exploration, calling it the beginning of “a new age of human space exploration.” DeLay on the shuttle: “I worked with the administration to ensure that increased funding was specifically designated in this budget for the space shuttle program, allowing for 16-17 shuttle missions. Though some have criticized this robust series of flights as an impossible goal, the ‘impossible,’ after all, is NASA’s business.”
- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), whose district includes JPL, advocates continued support for robotic space missions. He mostly rehashes the past accomplishments of robotic missions and their effect on technology and education, but ends with a request for continued support for such missions. “Now, even as NASA accelerates work on the Crew Exploration Vehicle and moves forward with plans to return to the moon, the space agency and Congress must take care to continue to provide adequate resources to support the robotic exploration of space.”
- Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) takes a more circuitous approach, covering the history of the space program and its effect on the country before tackling milspace acquisition problem, then discussing his support of two bills designed to improve education and competitiveness. “In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, we must start a new space race – not with another country but with our students. It will be a race toward excellence that will inspire new dreams of space exploration and its promise.”
speaking of Delay and The Hill:
DeLay defends religion in politics
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/032906/delay.html
While introducing DeLay, Rick Scarborough, founder of Vision America, said, “Here is a man that I believe God has appointed.”
I guess that means God lives in Texas 22. Does that also mean that the VSE is the 21st century version of manifest destiny?
It’s empty space, there is absolutely nothing to explore in empty space. And with powerful enough telescopes, microscopes and spectoscopes, we can see everything clearly that resides in empty space, since mostly empty space is intervening.
The whole VSE/ESAS exploration concept is fundamentally flawed, but Republicans are too illiterate, stupid and greedy to understand that.
I want interferometers, telescopes, robots, microscopes and spectroscopes. Give me space colonization. We need more reusable cryogenic engines. And we need to start flying the hell out of the hardware we already have.
Screw George W. Bush and Michael Griffin and what’s her name.
Tom DeLay showed up with Lutheran Social Services Head Senske (the lawyer) to thwarth a Congressional Investigation into MASSIVE FOSTER CARE FRAUD AND COVERED UP FOSTER CARE FATALITY DEATH REPORTS!
SEE! http://media.familyrights.us/expose/ExposeV.pdf
Here is their network!
http://www.txcfr.org/M.pdf
CAUGHT RED HANDED CONSPIRING AGAINST PUBLIC!!!
Here is Abramoff Foster CARE Connection!
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/9/15581/1958
http://auctionhouse.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/4/114556/020
*NOTE Lutheran Social Services has largest Foster Care Contracts in TEXAS!
NOTE: Lutheran Social Servies went to Russia too!
Here is your Abramoff Russian Communist Connection!
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/23/abramoff_ties_to_russians_probed/
I will post how Republicans Fund Raise Next, and the FAKE FALSIFIED DEATH REPORTS ON CHILDREN AND LIFE INSURANCE LEGISLATION on FOSTER CARE KIDS and where it is ok?