Comments on: The Space Coast wonders about life after Weldon http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon 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: Nemo2 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/#comment-35639 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:18:50 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/#comment-35639 All of the candidates for replacing Weldon will have a a position on the space industry. That is a requirement for running for the job.

Smith is right that these positions will be designed to be good for the district; and whether they are good for the country is a different issue.

Benac’s question is kind of like asking whether a candidate from rural Iowa will be have a history of taking positive action on Ethanol.

BTW, Weldon had no prior history of taking “positive action” for space — before he first won office. He had been in medical school; and ran on a social conservative issues. He then added the “protect the $$ for Kennedy” to his primary issues.

– Nemo2

]]> By: Joe Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/#comment-35588 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:11:57 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/#comment-35588 Benac: you’re assuming that what’s good for Brevard is good for NASA and the rest of the country. Ain’t necessarily so. A candidate who talked about keeping the shuttle going indefinitely, and along with it all the jobs associated with it, would probably do very well in that district. But would that be good national policy?

]]> By: www.actionforspace.com http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/#comment-35568 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:06:33 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/01/26/the-space-coast-wonders-about-life-after-weldon/#comment-35568 Have any of the other people who are saying that they are interested in running taken positive action regarding the space industry in their past?

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