Presidential space debate closed to public, Orlando Sentinel

“The meeting is closed, definitely closed, and that is not going to change,” said Alexis Allen, a spokeswoman for Aerospace Industries Association, a trade industry group. “I think there has been a lot of public debate and not every forum has to be a public event.”

Editor’s note: What is the AIA afraid of? An informed electorate?

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