Comments on: Science Debate answers cover familiar ground http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/09/15/science-debate-answers-cover-familiar-ground/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-debate-answers-cover-familiar-ground 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: Bob Mahoney http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/09/15/science-debate-answers-cover-familiar-ground/#comment-115044 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:42:21 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1729#comment-115044 Why did Dr. Brown make his suggestions only to an Obama presidency? I didn’t find anything in them that could not be implemented by whoever wins the White House in this (or any later) cycle, especially given that the McCain campaign is also pushing for/selling itself on the idea of change in Washington.

Perhaps the answer is revealed in the typo (or was it intended as not-so-subliminal influence advertising?) contained in the first sentence: “…Senator Obama WILL be inaugurated…” [my emphasis]. Wishful thinking on your part, Dr. Brown?

]]> By: Al Fansome http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/09/15/science-debate-answers-cover-familiar-ground/#comment-115043 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:39:53 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1729#comment-115043 ADRIAN BROWN: President Obama should open a new NASA center, perhaps in New Mexico or Nevada, dedicated to the commercialization of space.

Dr. Brown’s intent is good, so I don’t want to beat him up, but he really should talk to some people who have expertise in the commercial space industry before proposing solutions (like the one he does).

Maybe his idea would make sense, with one *small* modification.

We already have center for space commercialization in the Department of Commerce (DOC). Take every single dollar it would take to open this new NASA center, and give it to the DOC Office of Space Commercialization to support the growth of the commercial space industry.

FWIW,

– Al

]]> By: Chance http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/09/15/science-debate-answers-cover-familiar-ground/#comment-115022 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:09:40 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1729#comment-115022 Some useless information for you, just for fun:

When pasted into MS Word, the Obama policy has the following:
5499 words
19 paragraphs
196 sentences
12.2 sentences per paragraph
27.9 words per sentence
12% passive sentences
15.6 Fleisch-Kincaid reading level

The McCain answers have the following:
5798 words
15 paragraphs
225 sentences
16 sentences per paragraph
25.7 words per sentence
12% passive sentences
14.3 Fleisch-Kincaid reading level

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