"John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>At 04:37 PM 3/2/01 -0800, Josh wrote:
> >But (A) even it
> >won't since the current tone of the US government is anti-space, a
>
>Minor quiblble - the Bush Administration is actually very pro-space when it
>comes to military applications and consequences of space.
Yep, I didn't mean to single out the new administration. Despite the fact
that polls of the american populace appear to indicate a large majority of
people wanting an increase in space spending, the last several
administrations haven't been keen on increasing NASA's funding.
I don't think this is specifically "anti-space", though; the usual "everyone
wants X but nobody wants to pay for it". Space is just an easy target, since
cutting the space budget doesn't affect as many people as cutting most
national programs or closing army bases.
Joshua
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