Election 2008 Update

Young Engineer Leads Effort To Make Space a Topic of Presidential Debate, Space.com

“[John] Benac’s call-to-arms read in part: “[W]e have a tremendous opportunity to put Mars on the political map for the presidential candidates. I have submitted a question for the Republican and Democratic debates that are happening in Los Angeles on January 30th. The way that this debate works is that people submit and vote for the questions that they like online, and the candidates are asked the ones with the most votes. Please tell everyone you think would act on this.” Benac’s plea to “put Mars on the political map” was quickly picked up and reposted by the Mars Society and the Web site NASAWatch.com, driving more traffic to the CNN/Politico.com Web site, resulting in the posting of new questions and votes for favorites.”