I found the one chink in Obama's armour that might make me veer toward the Clinton side today. In a speech in Wyoming, Barack Obama was quoted as saying that NASA has lost inspiration and that he would delay some space initiatives for over 5 years (including and not limited to the Moon to Mars program).
During the question-and-answer portion of an event at a recreational center here, Obama was asked about the nation’s space program.“I grew up on Star Trek,” Obama said. “I believe in the final frontier.”
But Obama said he does not agree with the way the space program is now being run and thinks funding should be trimmed until the mission is clearer.
“NASA has lost focus and is no longer associated with inspiration,” he said. “I don’t think our kids are watching the space shuttle launches. It used to be a remarkable thing. It doesn’t even pass for news anymore.”
Now, I'm a DIEHARD NASA fan, and a total space-geek, so what he says here is actually a little more distressing to me than anything he could possibly say about healthcare or immigration. This is really a selling point here, and I'm very disheartened by his policies with regard to NASA's space exploration and science programs. Clinton has a more science-forward policy, and I honestly feel that NASA is our one and only program that can forward humans into the new frontier.
We'll see how far this goes. I doubt this is going to get any media exposure, because of the campaign not wanting to alienate some of the ideologues out here, including me.
