[ambrose]

ping.

[Huck]

Both Howard Dean and John Edwards are looking better and better

He lost me here. Joe Lieberman is the only Democrat running who is even worth a thought.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

It's never about the betterment of the human race. It's always me, me, me.

[Steve Eisenberg]

Actually, the President's space policy is rather lacking in boldness and did not call for much new money. The best thing he did, phasing out the shuttle by 2010, was a cutback.

This letter illustrates that there are a lot of swing voters out there. Ann Coulter says they are dumber than a toaster, but I guess some of them are capable of writing a letter.

[Cold Heat]

Damn!

A 5% increase in a NASA budget that is terribly underfunded sure get's a lot of negative press.

[marron]

Its called "blowing the lid off the mason jar" (tip of the hat to Marshall T. Savage).

[wattsup]

Going to Mars is only the culmination of what President Bush wants to do. It's the exploration of science that causes great innovations and new ideas. Look back at what President Kennedy caused when we went to the moon and all of the new inventions that great step created. This is what President Bush wants. The creative mind pushed to its limits.

[drypowder]

Social Security system is supposed to be going broke

Hell, Bush wants to send SS $ to Mexico! There are numerous proposals Bush has made that, in general and in my view, hurt this country and I too am on the fence re my support for his reelection. I will never vote for a Democrat but the person who touts unwavering support for the Constitution is my kinda politician.

[Dog Anchor]

The key here is to integrate the Moon/ Mars initiative with the immigration policy...

[Brett66]

Basically, he wants the government to spend money only where he thinks it should. No thanks, Bush is only giving a push to NASA and not spending that much more money. NASA's budget is chump change compared to the overall budget. Maybe if he would just forgoe his free pills program for a year, the deficit really would be affected, but getting rid of NASA is a drop in the bucket.

[antaresequity]

Dear Jack,

100 years from now, they will be talking about Mars; they will be talking about probes and rovers and the day America decided to send a man their.

100 years from now no one will care wether your foodstamp was invalidated, or your prescription benefit ran out.

You are that unimportant.

Regards
RovingFreeper

[Liberty Valance]

Mars bump!

[Mo1]

Good Grief .. was there this much criticism when we first thought of putting a man on the moon??

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Try not to be so short sighted

The Space Program has given us technology that far exceeds it's initial, original cost. We have also developed Hydrogen Fuel tecnology from what we learned in space, that will help us become less dependent on foreign oil. We are currently on the verge of producing the first hydrogen automobile that actually works.

The by product of hydrogen combustion is water. This doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize, this will clean up the air we breath as well.

There are also countless advances to technology and benefits to our society that the Space Program has given us that are too numerous to mention.

Like I said, try not to be so rigid in your thinking.

[Jorge]

Having voted for George Bush in the last election, I may do so again. But he doesn't have a lock on me. Both Howard Dean and John Edwards are looking better and better, and I'm sure as heck not too old to change!

It's hard to believe that anyone who would even consider voting for Howard Dean, could have actually supported George Bush previously.

They are at opposite ends of the political spectrum.

[eleni121]

Heading for the stars and cutting my taxes is why I love this President.

As for the hoopla about budget overspending, most of what's been passed is fiscal reform...and the costs are being passed down to localities who will have to reform as well. It's going to be cutting programs season in many places and that's what being a conservative is all about.