"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:hPiNb.67808$na.39439@attbi_s04...
I caught most of it -- and it was fantastic! To hear a president
actually
promoting manned space travel, and laying out a plausible, doable plan to
get our space program back on track, was a breath of fresh air on a bleak
and dreary January day.

Hell, maybe we'll set foot on Mars before I die after all?

I often tell my children how the U.S. once led the world in space travel,
and of how my generation grew up with the excitement and national pride of
putting a man on the moon. Until today, I would also sadly explain to
them
how we had squandered our future, and abandoned the dream...

Well, President Bush has today put us back on track. As pilots (I like to
call what we do "extremely low earth orbit... :-) let's get the phone
calls
and emails rolling to our elected representatives, and tell 'em to get on
board this new initiative!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Yes, I have to agree. As I said in another post, this program and
Afghanistan are the only 2 things Bush has gotten right as president.
Although I consider myself a "compassionate libertarian", I voted for Reagan
in 84 instead of Wally and the Beaver because Reagan supported the space
station. Space exploration should be our number one priority.

However, in my opinion, the main reason why Bush is doing this is because
the Chinese have already announced that they are going to the moon. Bush
(or at least those who tell him what to do) know that once we fall behind in
space we are finished as a player in world affairs, and probably finished as
a free country.

Earl G.