OBAMA IS A NO GO

Barach Obama is anti-space.  He would stop our return to the moon, handing our future to either Russia or China, in order to pursue the old Dem hard line of MORE GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS.
“… Make math and science a national priority in education. He would pay for a number of his initiatives by delaying a plan for the United States of America to return to the moon and be a stepping stone for human exploration of Mars. This leaves me wondering how we can make science and math a national priority for students while canceling an initiative that would make America competitive with China, Russia, India & Japan while creating scientific discoveries that could fuel our economy not to mention inspire child. A five year delay would likely remove any competitive edge the U.S. has over other nations….”

The RNC states that it is ironic that Obama’s desire to reach for the stars is funded by a desire to remove stars from the grasp of America’s youth.

Hillary Clinton favors a strong national space program.

Mitt Romney supports GWB’s space efforts.  McCain has no comment. 

Giuliani admits he is not up on the subject.

John Edwards is for the exploration of space and spending more on handouts.

As much as I dislike Hillary Clinton, she is taking a leadership position on matters of space exploration.  According to the WPost 
“….Except for Clinton's, none of the official campaign Web sites appears to mention NASA or human space exploration specifically. After NASA's three space shuttles are retired in late 2010, the United States will have no spacecraft capable of launching astronauts into orbit -- although the international space station will be reaching completion at that time. American officials have made plans to pay Russia to supply the space station, with the possibility that a private American company or the French Ariane spacecraft may also play a role. The Constellation program was proposed by Bush in 2004 as a way to return Americans to space. His plan envisions the establishment of a settlement on the moon, in part to prepare for the lengthy voyage to Mars. The plan, which is similar to one proposed by his father when he was president, was embraced by many in the space community as a worthy successor to the shuttle and space station, which are often described as expensive underachievers. Congress has generally supported plans for a new spacecraft, although Bush has not asked for additional money to pay for it, and some believe that NASA's many successful unmanned science missions will inevitably be shortchanged to pay for Constellation.

Contracts have been let to build several key components of the new launch system, and NASA has put together an elaborate timetable for building, testing and launching the spacecraft by 2015. In her Oct. 4 policy statement on a range of scientific issues, Clinton said she "is committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities." She also said that in pursuing next-generation programs, she will "capitalize on the expertise of the current shuttle program workforce and will not allow a repeat of the 'brain drain' that occurred between the Apollo and shuttle missions."

But the same day, Clinton somewhat muted her support for an aggressive human space exploration program by telling a New York Times reporter that travel to Mars "excites people," adding that she is "more focused on nearer-term goals I think are achievable." She also said the Bush administration has shortchanged NASA's earth science and aeronautics programs, and that they need to be expanded. She promised to "restore a national commitment" to unfettered and ambitious scientific research and exploration….”

I think this is the first time I’ve seen such interest in “Space” as an issue. True to form, Barack Obama favors cutting it to nothing.  I’ve been checking to see where each candidate stands on the issue.  So far, the above is about it.  I’m hesitant to say Bill Richardson has nothing to say because of his tenure as Governor of New Mexico and his support within the state. There’s a little more from Carpetbagger.

Our real future as a nation, as the human race, and as the planet itself is not here on the planet Earth, but out there – in the stars.  Any candidate who does not support this worthy endeavor, to me, doesn’t actually care about working toward that future.  I am pleasantly surprised at Hillary Clinton’s response.  She’s a smart cookie.  Obama, it is obvious, does not truly care about planning for tomorrow, only pandering for votes.  I’ve had to re-assess my opinion of Mitt Romney, and because of his space stance, now rank him as #3 in the list of GOP candidates I support.

I've spent most of my life working against people like Barack Obama. 

I will also mention that it is obvious Fred Thompson is a shill for John Tanton and Numbers USA and is not to be trusted.

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