Space makes the Science Debate list

Since late last year a group called Science Debate 2008 has been trying to get the presidential candidates to participate, as their name suggests, in a debate devoted exclusively to science issues. Those efforts haven’t panned out yet, so instead the group released a set of 14 questions for the presidential candidates on science issues. […]

Candidate questioning tips

Let’s say you’re in a town hall meeting with a presidential candidate, itching to ask a question about space policy. If you get your chance, some advice: don’t blow it by rambling on and on, as one person did at a John McCain town hall meeting in Pennsylvania, according to the BBC:

At first […]

Unwanted endorsements

Like presidential candidates, sometimes even space advocates get unsolicited, presumably undesired endorsements from people out on the fringes. Take Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who told the The Sunday Telegraph that “he intends to lobby Barack Obama and John McCain” for “sufficient” NASA funding so that the agency can carry out the Vision for Space […]