Comments on: Smith to chair the House Science Committee in the next Congress http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress 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: Egad http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-386825 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:40:36 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-386825 Response received with commendable promptness. Though terse, it does shows some indication that someone read the letter. It will be interesting to see what Mr. Smith’s committee does wrt SLS and NASA HSF next year.

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Thank you for your letter regarding funding for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). I appreciate hearing from you.

NASA is critical to America’s technological and economic competitiveness. It is important to provide proper funding for NASA to conduct scientific research and develop new technology.

As a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, I have supported measures to expand, refine, and improve NASA. I will continue to be a strong advocate for space sciences and full funding for NASA.

Please be assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind as the budget process continues for fiscal year 2013.

For more information on my work in Congress or to send me an email, feel free to visit the 21st District’s website, http://lamarsmith.house.gov .

Sincerely,

Lamar Smith
Member of Congress

]]> By: Egad http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385980 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:04:08 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385980 Letter sent.

]]> By: E.P. Grondine http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385974 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:12:31 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385974 I suppose I better make that “consult with Bob Dole immediately”.
He’ll know the players, and who can carry the ball for him on this.

]]> By: E.P. Grondine http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385964 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:06:39 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385964 I would suggest to Smith that he immediately ask Bob Dole for help in putting together GA regulation and insurance reform legislation.

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385924 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:27:04 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385924 And so another half-decade of free drift is launched.

]]> By: Egad http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385858 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:07:08 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385858 OK, I’ve drafted a draft, the essence being that NASA doesn’t yet have a coherent human space exploration strategy, doesn’t have programs to build some needed parts for any plausible candidate strategies and, not least, doesn’t have any prospect of sufficient funding for any of the above. So Mr. Smith should get his Committee to look into such matters.

Suggestions welcome.

]]> By: common sense http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385854 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:16:56 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385854 “Ironic since his own state is simultaneously sending its governor to China to boost Virginia exports there.”

I don’t know about irony but I kinda sense hypocrisy. What’s new, right?

Oh well.

]]> By: vulture4 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385846 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:02:09 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385846 Is Frank Wolf (R-VA) going to continue as the chair of the appropriations subcommittee? Wolf slashed the OSTP budget when they failed to kowtow to his anti-China ideology, and threatened NASA with the same fate. Ironic since his own state is simultaneously sending its governor to China to boost Virginia exports there.

]]> By: Henry Vanderbilt http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385834 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:42:15 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385834 No clue – I’ve been gafiating. But if you send a letter to his office and make clear at the start you’re talking about NASA budget priorities, chances are good it’ll get passed on to whatever staffer specializes in that.

]]> By: Egad http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/11/28/smith-to-chair-the-house-science-committee-in-the-next-congress/#comment-385825 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:02:38 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6045#comment-385825 If you’re an actual live-in-his-district constituent,

As it happens, I actually am one of those — guess I’d better get busy. Do you know which of his staffers are space-savvy?

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