Comments on: Sen. Hutchison won’t run for reelection in 2012

By: Egad

Egad — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:54:39 +0000

> I am hoping Bill White runs for the Senate seat.

He says he’s not:

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2011/01/white-says-no/

By: DocM

DocM — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:54:58 +0000

The political sites say someone from these lists

Likely Reps (who have an advantage in conservative Texas)

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (very popular & could self-fund)
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert
former Secretary of State Roger Williams
Railroad Commission Michael Williams
Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones

Likely Dems

U.S. Trade Rep. Ron Kirk
former comptroll John Sharp
former Houston Mayor Bill White (denies interest, but many Dems want him)

By: Martijn Meijering

Martijn Meijering — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:41:43 +0000

Once NASA gets a commercial gas station in space real BEO exploration can finally begin.

Once NASA starts *buying propellant in orbit*, not once they have access to a depot. Wat they need is a refuelable spaceship. They could start with something as simple as a tug, based on the Orion SM + Orion avionics if necessary.

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:29:00 +0000

Vladislaw wrote @ January 13th, 2011 at 9:31 pm

Letâ€™s hope that they are replaced with Senators that understand the value of the American free enterprise system

…I am hoping Bill White runs for the Senate seat. he learned a lot in the (failed) Gov race…and he would make a powerful proponent of free enterprise

Robert G. Oler

By: Vladislaw

Vladislaw — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:31:01 +0000

Let’s hope that they are replaced with Senators that understand the value of the American free enterprise system and get NASA out of the, ground based, launch and operations business and work on the development of space based, ‘gas and go’ reusable EDS and habitat. Once NASA gets a commercial gas station in space real BEO exploration can finally begin.