[RightWhale]

that puts us in a security risk position," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

There is an outspoken minority on FR who do not comprehend this.

[NonZeroSum]

There is an outspoken minority on FR who do not comprehend this.

Count me in on that "minority." How is a "gap" in our ability to send NASA astronauts into space a security risk? If it is, why haven't we been attacked (by the grays, or the Vogons, or whoever the risk comes from) during the past three-plus years, when we've only managed to muster up a single Shuttle flight?

[SunkenCiv]

Good call. :')