http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances 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 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40276 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:10:19 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40276 Yeah, watch that one be the first one to fail and crash, killing everyone on board…

]]> http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40087 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:47:24 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40087 It would be interesting to see her ride into space on VG while president. Now that would be a boost for both space tourism and New Space!

]]> http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40080 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:25:41 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40080 I hope Hilary Clinton either commits to giving NASA the funding it needs to get everything done that has been proposed for it, or decides to let the American People know she is using space as a campaign tool to garner more support from (marginal) “space-geeks” who want to go to “Mars or wherever” ,(what she really probably thinks of all these space people”) rather than raise false hopes in the space communtiy for more/adequate funding for civil space/NASA rather than the half a loaf both the Republicans/Bush Administration and the Socialist Workers Party (Oops, I meant the Democratic Party) have given space thus far this century.

]]> http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40065 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:33:41 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/02/npr-on-the-candidates-space-policy-stances/#comment-40065 My sense is that Mrs Clinton will have the opportunity to fly into space (provided that she’s willing to shell out the cash to Virgin Galactic) far sooner than she might wish.

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