Posted
1/11/2008 05:26:00 PM
by Douglas
Republicans, Democrats, cheer-leaders and tax collectors can come together on one issue in Southeast Texas: NASA needs more
money.In a show of bipartisan support, Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Democratic Rep. Nick Lampson said Thursday they will try again this year to get an additional $2 billion in NASA funding to help close a five-year gap between the space shuttle's retirement and the maiden voyage of the Orion moon ship.
What a good idea! But read between the lines on this one. They don't want to speed up development on the Orion, they want to stretch the Shuttle's life. We're either going to go forward, or were going to stay where we are, going in the same circle we've "explored" for the past 25 years. It's time to decide if we're gonna fish, or are just gonna cut bait.