Comments on: McKeon’s retirement opens the door for a commercial space advocate http://www.spacepolitics.com/2014/01/16/mckeons-retirement-opens-the-door-for-a-commercial-space-advocate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mckeons-retirement-opens-the-door-for-a-commercial-space-advocate 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: Jim Hillhoyse http://www.spacepolitics.com/2014/01/16/mckeons-retirement-opens-the-door-for-a-commercial-space-advocate/#comment-457619 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:52:02 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6817#comment-457619 While this may nean that an ally of commercial space takes this seat in McKeon’s district as the new Jr. Congressman from California, what is more equally, if not more, important is who takes over as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and where the new congressman lands a seat on a subcommittee.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, the current Vice-Chairman of Armed services, is expected to take the Chair. I don’t know Thornberry’s voting record on commercial space. Perhaps someone here does.

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