On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:37:22 +0200, Victor <Victor@com.com> wrote:

Pierre wrote:

Don't forget Bush wants the end of Hubble and want s to deicde what's 
good in science...

Actually it is NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe who decided that fixing 
Hubble is not worth an astronaut's life or losing another shuttle.  A 
board of investigation was set up to determine the risks involved.  I 
personally think the risk is not that high and that a human service 
mission should go ahead as planned.

Wrt. the US space program - I prefer Bush's Vision for Space 
Exploration.  

me too.

>From what I have read on Space.com, Kerry is still stuck 

in a 'low-Earth orbit' research mentality.  With Kerry as president, 
space enthusiasts like us can kiss promising missions like the Jupiter 
Ice Moons and Pluto-Kuiper Express missions good-bye.

oh, i dunno.  JIMO has enough coolness factor that it'd probably go.
however, you can rest assured that Bush's vision would die a fast
death.  the corollary is that NASA would remain rudderless until and
unless Kerry comes up with his own vision.  the impression that i get
is that its not even on Kerry's radar screen.
it'd be another 4 years down the drain.