Comments on: No time for Giuliani to talk space http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/09/no-time-for-giuliani-to-talk-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-time-for-giuliani-to-talk-space 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: Al Fansome http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/09/no-time-for-giuliani-to-talk-space/#comment-33674 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:13:36 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/09/no-time-for-giuliani-to-talk-space/#comment-33674 No mention of COTS either. He does not even use the word “commercial”.

I don’t expect that in a one paragraph statement, but in a policy statement this long, it shows up as “missing”.

I am not ready or willing to pull a Whittington, but I think we should be asking/challenging the Obama campaign to expand on this.

– Al

]]> By: The People http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/09/no-time-for-giuliani-to-talk-space/#comment-33664 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:47:12 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/09/no-time-for-giuliani-to-talk-space/#comment-33664 Who cares what Guliani thinks. It appears, however, that Obama’s campaign has submitted a summary of its position on space

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=26647

It actually looks very good. Apart from its endorsement of Ares I, it looks reasonable. The most noteworthy item for this forum is that there is no mention of human exploration beyond LEO. However, the emphasis on robotic exploration is clear.

Obama is the Man!

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