The President's Space Initiative Speech

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"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

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.

My wife and I actually researched the space policy of
presidential candidates before the last election. There
wasn't much there. I hope we'll hear from the opposition
candidates, too and perhaps get something rolling regardless
of the politics. I know I won't see Mars before I die, but
I'd like some human make it there before then. As the
"leaders of the free world" and the "only remaining
superpower" we're always going to have enemies, but
spending some money on the advancement of man in space will
draw approval, admiration and respect even if it comes in a
grudging form.
Todd Pattist
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:hPiNb.67808$na.39439@attbi_s04...
I caught most of it -- and it was fantastic!

Really, I head it and thought most of it was absolute drivel. Not only is the
planned direction change stupid in my mind, it was delivered with all the
incomprehension inherent in most of W's speeches. Space buses to
nowhere is stupid. Finishing the ISS is a good idea however. To paraphrase
his father's terminology, the trickle down theory of technology development
is voodoo science.

"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.

I think Bush is comatose. You see him as a genius. Therefore one of us is a
fool and I think that you are it.

Bush has no problem spending your taxes like there is no tomorrow -
especially to win votes. Last week he was pandering to illegal immigrants.
And this week he wants to tack an extra Trillion dollars onto a Trillion
dollar deficit. With another 1.5 Billion to promote "Healthy Marriage". What
the **** is that about?

How about paying off the debt and some fiscal responsibility first. Then we
can dream of space exploration.

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...

Don't worry. Your children will know all about it because THEY will be
paying for it.

"plumb bob" wrote in message
news:QgkNb.52099$Rc4.202428@attbi_s54...
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:hPiNb.67808$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.

I think Bush is comatose. You see him as a genius. Therefore one of us is
a
fool and I think that you are it.

Bush has no problem spending your taxes like there is no tomorrow -
especially to win votes. Last week he was pandering to illegal immigrants.
And this week he wants to tack an extra Trillion dollars onto a Trillion
dollar deficit. With another 1.5 Billion to promote "Healthy Marriage".
What
the **** is that about?

How about paying off the debt and some fiscal responsibility first. Then
we
can dream of space exploration.

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...

Don't worry. Your children will know all about it because THEY will be
paying for it.


You can sure tell it's election year. Things he hasn't talked about in the
last three years are all of a sudden coming out of the mud.

Bush has no problem spending your taxes like there is no tomorrow -
especially to win votes.

It's a brilliant plan! I think I'll go buy a Gulfstream V and bill it to my
unborn child. All hail Bush!

I think Bush is comatose. You see him as a genius. Therefore one of us is
a
fool and I think that you are it.

No, he's no genius. But he does have that "vision thing" when it comes to
space exploration -- something this nation (and the world) is sorely
lacking.

Now it'll be up to your kind to kill the dream again.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:krlNb.68069$I06.307311@attbi_s01...
I think Bush is comatose. You see him as a genius. Therefore one of us
is
a
fool and I think that you are it.

No, he's no genius. But he does have that "vision thing" when it comes to
space exploration -- something this nation (and the world) is sorely
lacking.

He lacks the "vision thing". We have been to the moon before, and his daddy
(another big spender) also had grandiose plans for exploration.

Have you every in your life seen new government programs of the size thelike
the

Now it'll be up to your kind to kill the dream again.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
I caught most of it -- and it was fantastic!

It was appalling, to me. Is the man completely insensible to the federal
deficit? He certainly seems insensible to the impracticalities of manned
travel to Mars. I think people on Mars would be a wonderfully cool
thing, but our national credit card is already maxed out. Sometimes you
have to put "cool" on hold and make sure the rent is paid.

To hear a president actually promoting manned
space travel, and laying out a plausible, doable plan

Just about anything is doable with enough money. Do we have it to spare?
Much more science could be done for much less with robots.

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.

It was a cold war propaganda campaign. It was very successful in that
respect.

Until today, I would also sadly explain to them
how we had squandered our future, and abandoned the dream...

No, we simply came to understand (some of us) that manned space travel
is unconscionably wasteful until we get past rocket ship technology,
which may take decades.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
(remove pants to reply by email)

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:49:01 GMT "Jay Honeck" wrote:

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?

Maybe Bush will find the WMDs there.


R. Hubbell


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"