Re: Space funding (was Re: Hillary needs to quit)

PV wrote:
> John Schilling <schillin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>> And you'd be right. Obama discussed delaying the Constellation
>>> Project for five years, not shutting down NASA. *
>>
>> What did he say NASA was going to be doing during those five years
>> instead of Constellation?
>
> (groups trimmed, subject refocused)
>
> You seem to think this is a policy decision - it was a question he
> answered at one interview. Among the other things he said about nasa
> is that it has lost the ability to inspire. And I really, really
> agree with that.

The Constellation project *IS* inspirational.  NASA is trying to do
that.  Can't fault NASA here.

Guess what ringtone I set for my calls the day *before* I knew the
project existed, Babylon 5 Sinclair's "To the Stars" speech to the ISN
re****ter.  Same wavelength?  :-)

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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"The Dresden Files" (2007)
Harry Dresden: [re. Bianca] What is it about bad girls?  They lie,
cheat, won't suck your blood even when you beg them to, and for some
reason, no matter how badly they treat us, we still can't walk away.