2004: It was a very good year
A tale of two victories, James Muncy, Space Review
“Two “good news” space stories of 2004 stand out in particular as possible breakthroughs for humanity’s future in space, perhaps especially because they occurred in a city not always judged as foresighted: Washington, DC. Both of these developments were surprisingand arguably unprecedentedpolitical victories for fragile new space enterprises seeking support from the US Congress in an especially partisan election year.”