Fri 8 Aug 2008
Not sure what the game plan is here. I suspect, the progressive space movement is having an effect on the Obama campaign… or Florida is beginning to shift into the “lean Obama” category in the polls. Either way it is a positive development.
From the National Examiner:
Some people, it’s said, find religion late. Some people, it’s said, find religion in a foxhole as shots are flying.
And some people, like Sen. Barack Obama, find the religion in space exploration when it’s late in the campaign season, criticisms over his anti-space views are flying, and rumors of a Democratic party split over space are gaining velocity.
The presumptive Democratic nominee took his show on the road to Florida, swinging by rural Plant City, self-proclaimed strawberry capitol of the world, for a strawberry milkshake. Then he and his entourage headed for the Kennedy Space Center area, looking for a red, white, and blue milkshake of support from space workers and their families.
Obama, who previously has called for drastic reductions in space, now apparently has seen the rocket light. After being introduced by astronaut Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fl, Obama invoked the names of Nelson and venerable multi-mission flyer Sen. John Glenn as his future space advisors.
The question now is how will the new space policy be shaped? More of the same or something breathtaking?
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August 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Obama wants to defund NASA, and now he wants grab a few votes in Florida by suddenly promising a complete switcheroo.
“Either way it is a positive development,” says the cartoonist.
Why?
After Obama kills their budget, maybe NASA can fly all over the solar system with little rockets it finds in a crackerjacks box.
Is it a positive development that a lot of voters understand Obama will say anything for a few votes, and all of it is totally meaningless bullshit?
August 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Sorry, I ussually catch the strip each day but I missed this one. This is a much more subtle issue than meets the eye (and yes Obama does need votes). The difficulty here is to revitalize the Space Program without turning it into another out of control war toy. Our intrnational aquaintences (you pick freind or foe) all know that millitary qpplication is behind our renewed interest in space, whether we are too dense or not. In order to make space a science based technology and wealth creating industry once more, Obama must pry it out of the hands of the eternal war crowd without opening an opportunity for them to attack him on a soft on defense issue.