Comments on: A “political space race”? http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-political-space-race 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: Michael Laine http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/#comment-35013 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:50:57 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/#comment-35013 oops. I guess I am not smart enough to handle a blockquote tag…. sorry for how the above post turned out. Take care. mjl

]]> By: Michael Laine http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/#comment-35012 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/#comment-35012

That is exactly why I wrote the CNN/LAT question that way that I did, so that the candidates would start to think in terms of budget numbers, along with a goal.

So far, it seems to be working. 9 out of the top 10 questions for the Dems, (out of 1753!) continue to be space-related. As an aside, the “Darfur” question dropped from 3 to 4. On the Reps side, it is much better then it was a few days ago, 8 out of the top 10.

While it may not yet be a “political space race”, at least some of these folks are paying attention. I am sure that both of these trips were planned prior to trying to tip the scales over at CNN/LAT, but I hope that we had some impact.

Take care. mjl

]]> By: actionforspace.com http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/#comment-34963 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:45:49 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/21/a-political-space-race/#comment-34963 This is exactly the defining moment in shaping presidential policy and support for the next 4 to 8 years. We, as the interested public, never had a moment more important than now to tell the candidates that they need to get into the political space race!

go to http://www.actionforspace.com and
fax
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learn where you can physically go and tell them that they need to support the exploration of space!

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