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From: Morrisonville, New York USA
Registered: Apr 2009

posted 01-20-2004 10:07 PM               

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There was no mention of NASA's moon mission and I was disappointed by that.

Is this a bad sign?

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From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 01-21-2004 07:11 AM               

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I was waiting for and noticed the same thing.

If you want this to happen, you've got to have passion for it yourself.

Kennedy took advantage of every speech opportunity he had to sell the moon mission after his announcement of the goal.

If you want it to happen, you have to sell, sell,sell every chance you get.

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From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002

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From: Morrisonville, New York USA
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Posts: 1506
From: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 01-21-2004 11:38 AM               

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The reason Bush didn't mention the moon & Mars in his speech last night, I'd surmise, is because, politically, the issue ISN'T a big winner for him. The Dems would immediately attack it, and the Repubs are lukewarm to it because their conservative base doesn't like big gov spending in general.

We'll know if Bush is serious about his moon/Mars initiative if he starts pushing seriously for it AFTER November. Frankly, I think it'll go by the wayside, as did his dad's.

-chet

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From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 01-21-2004 11:47 AM               

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By November, it'll be old news. This isn't something that Bush will get the ball rolling on down the road, it's something that's starting right now.
NASA has already begun a major reorganization to implement the new programs.
The presidential commission is currently being formed, and will have a report before the conventions.
Funding for the program will be included in the budget Bush said last night he's submitting very soon.
While reception to the announcement has been mixed, I doubt it would have been the most controversial thing he said last night, so I don't believe that's why he stayed away from it.
Basically, the way I saw it, his speech had three major components: war, economy, and family values/social programs. Going to the Moon doesn't shoe-horn easily into any of those, and thus fell by the wayside.

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"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972