Election 2008 Update
Candidates make room for space, Huntsville Times
“A month ago, I wouldn’t have thought this the case, but (space exploration) is sort of in the candidates’ face right now,” said Keith Cowing, a former NASA astrobiologist who runs the Web site NASAwatch.com. “It seems as if something is happening (with space) and that hasn’t been the case in years.”Much of the political discussion centers on space exploration as a technology and education issue, Cowing said. “If you read some of the position papers carefully, then you see space and exploration as topics that are also linked to other aspects of technology development, balance of trade and education,” Cowing said.”
Editor’s note: Check out the front page of today’s (27 Jan) Sunday Huntsville Times. Also, the last line in this story, although attributed to me, was not something that I said. This error is being fixed by the Times.