Where Are The Space Advocates? 327
QuantumG writes "Greg Zsidisin appeared on The Space Show today to ask Where Are The Space Advocates?. For the first time in decades Space is once again a political issue with all four major presidential candidates having something to say about space policy and yet nothing is being heard from space advocates. As we enter a new "Space Nexus" like we did after Apollo, now is a critical time to let your representatives know how you feel about space exploration, and yet no-one has anything to say." The show itself is a podcast if you want to give it a listen. Personally I'm hoping that this election puts space exploration back in the public consciousness- Apollo inspired a generation to learn math and science. I want my kid to be inspired by something bigger than that. And as some readers have noted- there are 3 candidates left (and really only two) so the submitter is probably high.
Maybe we should declare war on it. (Score:4, Funny)
Me, I'm to busy worrying about if I can find another job, if I can ever afford a place to live, if I'll ever have the "special" right to marry my husband like we did in his country, if riots will break out when gas hits $10/gal next year...
Yes, the four major presidential candidates! (Score:5, Funny)
(2) Hillary Clinton
(3) John Mccain
(4) Cowboy Neil
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Re:Conversly, where are the space critics? (Score:2, Funny)
Well, I ADVOCATE Space! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Conversly, where are the space critics? (Score:2, Funny)
1. Well-healed tourists cavort around in LEO, calling friends from the seatback space phones and exclaiming that earth looks like "a great big globe!"
2. Survivor: ISS
3. Girls Gone Wild, Zero Gee Edition
On the plus side, we can use the energy produced by Clarke spinning in his grave to power Sri Lanka for a few years.
Re:Space is unimportant (Score:3, Funny)
I don't need no understanding.
It's ironic that one of your examples was purifying water. Guess who researches that?
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/science/f_water.html [nasa.gov]
Re:Conversly, where are the space critics? (Score:2, Funny)