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The goal of their presentation was to persuade the roadmap committee the sooner they involved the private sector in the development of lunar bases, the more effective and permanent that exploration effort would become.

As Tumlinson told Space Watch, the idea was not to "spend our upfront money on pure science, but instead work on frontier-enabling activities that allow us to live and operate on the moon more cheaply." He added, "In the long run, you're going to get a ton more science because it's going to be more economical to keep people on the moon."

As I've said, CEV and VSE are about building the pieces to give everyone what they want. It why we need to go to the moon first.

Told ya to be patient. 

Though [John] Bolton supported the Vietnam War, he declined to enter combat duty, instead enlisting in the National Guard and attending law school after his 1970 graduation. "I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy," Bolton wrote of his decision in the 25th reunion book. "I considered the war in Vietnam already lost."

Buzz Aldrin is also not someone I reguard as being much more space savvy then any of us, he was mainly a pilot if memory serves.

Buzz earned an Sc.D in Aerospace Engineering from MIT in 1963 or so.  His papers on the topic of rendezvous earned him the nickname "Dr. Rendezvous."  Since his Apollo days he's been a bit of a space visionary; his ideas about space transportation range from zany to pragmatic.

The Family Research Council`s senior writer, Steven Schwartz, appeared on National Public Radio at the time and explained the value, even the necessity, of the filibuster.

"The Senate," he said, "is not a majoritarian institution, like the House of Representatives is.  It is a deliberative body, and it`s got a number of checks and balances built into our government.  The filibuster is one of those checks in which a majority cannot just sheerly force its will, even if they have a majority of votes in some cases.  That`s why there are things like filibusters, and other things that give minorities in the Senate some power to slow things up, to hold things up, and let things be aired properly."

Kate Bowman, the student activities coordinator at the college, e-mailed to say: "Many of us do not believe that Calvin's graduation ceremony is the proper forum for a partisan political address, particularly from such a divisive and controversial figure. . . .

"Many of us believe that his actions since taking office contradict the teachings of the Gospel, and though we love President Bush as our brother as we are called to love all (even our enemies), we profoundly disagree with his appeals to Christianity to support his own political aims."

Bowman reports: "There is a lively and thoughtful discussion happening on our in-house faculty listserv at the moment around the issue of Bush's visit. Currently the hot topic is how protest should be approached at this event. People want to be respectful without appearing to give a stamp of approval to the actions of the administration."

"The entire nation, indeed the world, will be watching as we explore new frontiers and answer profound questions on our journey into space. In fact, public participation is critical to sustaining the space exploration vision. [T]he Commission believes a new model is needed to expand the role of space exploration in our culture. Robust marketing, advertising, and recruitment campaigns that attract and hold the attention of the American public should be created and implemented."

During the 21st National Space Symposium, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson asked Deputy Rear Admiral Craig Steidle, USN, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems why NASA wasn't in prime time. A video, designed to sum up the Vision for Exploration in 30 seconds, was shown during the panel on said Vision. It was a good video. So again we ask, why isn't it being shown during American Idol?

The US has an urgent need to begin educating thousands of new men and women to replace the superbly-trained people who joined the industry, inspired by Sputnik and the challenge of Apollo to become part of the great adventure.

In the face of this need, there is a counterforce so powerful and so insidious that most commission members and industry leaders prefer to ignore it. Popular culture, in sports and entertainment, is a business that is roughly as big as the aerospace industry. It exerts massive levels of negative energy, especially on young people, which overwhelms the minuscule attempts by the aerospace and high-tech industries to get kids to do the hard work to prepare themselves to become true experts in the STEM area.

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You're a yankee who figured out how to sell his own rights!

A government agency working for the public trust, who denies access to their actions on the basis of funding is a violation of the freedom of information act, and is probably violating the first amendment in some arcane way.