20 thoughts on “Space Policy And The Campaign”

      1. Rand,

        If its non-existent than why did the Houston Chronicle cite it as a reason for endorsing Governor Romney?

        http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/10/21/houston-chronicle-cites-space-policy-in-its-romney-endorsement/#comments

        Since you clearly are unaware of it here is the link to Governor Romney’s space policy.

        http://www.mittromney.com/news/press/2012/09/securing-us-leadership-space

        Really you should keep up on these things, especially if you are campaigning for Governor Romney…

        1. If its non-existent than why did the Houston Chronicle cite it as a reason for endorsing Governor Romney?

          I don’t know, you’d have to ask them.

          Since you clearly are unaware of it here is the link to Governor Romney’s space policy.

          I’m not “unaware” of it. I just don’t consider it a space policy.

          Really you should keep up on these things, especially if you are campaigning for Governor Romney…

          Who said I was campaigning for Governor Romney?

          What planet do you post this stuff from?

          1. Rand,

            I see. YOU don’t consider it a space policy even though the rest of the world does..

            I guess that is just because you don’t like it 🙂

            As for campaigning for him, nearly all the threads on your blog are about how much better Governor Romney will be than President Bush as President which is campaigning in anyone dictionary.

          3. Surprisingly, my opinion is the only one that matters to me on whether or not Romney has a space policy. It’s motherhood.

            And to whatever degree I’m “campaigning” for Romney (I don’t think that word means what you think it means) it certainly isn’t because of space policy, other than that another four years of Obama will so thoroughly wreck the economy that neither the government or the private sector will be able to afford to go into space.

          4. Rand,

            I always though you lived in a world of your own unconnected to reality. Thanks for admitting it 🙂

          5. Rand,

            I know you defined words differently in YOUR dictionary. But here is the generally accepted definition.

            http://www.thefreedictionary.com/campaigning

            cam·paign (km-pn)
            n.

            1. A series of military operations undertaken to achieve a large-scale objective during a war: Grant’s Vicksburg campaign secured the entire Mississippi for the Union.

            2. An operation or series of operations energetically pursued to accomplish a purpose: an advertising campaign for a new product; a candidate’s political campaign.
            intr.v. cam·paigned, cam·paign·ing, cam·paigns
            To engage in an operation planned to achieve a certain goal: campaigned through the jungles of Vietnam; campaigned for human rights.

            Synonyms: campaign, crusade, drive, push

            These nouns denote a vigorous concerted effort to accomplish a purpose: a fund-raising campaign; a crusade for improved social services; a drive to sell bonds; a push to get the bill passed.

            Since you seem to have the goal of having Governor Romney elected as the only alternative to President Obama, and are posting all these threads that are anti-Obama and Pro-Romney to get your readers to vote for Governor Romney the definition does seem to be satisfied. i.e. you are campaigning for Governor Romney.

    2. Whatever space policy the nation pursues in the years to come it will be much more affordable to do so if the country is no longer on the road to economic ruin, hence a Romney/Ryan administration is good for space policy.

  5. Matula sputters:

    “I see. YOU don’t consider it a space policy even though the rest of the world does..”

    Astonishing Hubris..as if you have the slightest idea what the rest of the world thinks on that….

    …or even what posters on this blog think….

    Really, TM, your ego is running wild….

      1. Jeff is being polite.

        The issue isn’t whether or not I “like” the “policy.” There’s nothing substantive there to like or dislike. It’s a non-policy.

  6. In general I think the Space Program is WAAAAAY down the list of most politicians’ priorities. And Pork is the only reason it’s on anyone’s list at all. (Ok there might be a pol or two that loves the space program for it’s own sake….maybe).

    It’s just not a major factor in today’s political scene. So a candidate’s staff will throw some pablum together to distribute around the State of Florida, and the candidate might not even be aware of the contents.

    I think the Space Program rises on Presidential Radars only due to external political events – external to the USA. Other than that, the ~$15 billion a year budget is in the rounding error, and no one cares.

  7. Gregg,

    I suspect Governor Romney is not aware of much of the content on his website. But it wasn’t just staff just throwing it together, it was his Space Policy Advisory Group (and hint that is was other folks more informed than Rand refer to my first link above as the Romney-Ryan Space Policy…).

    Below you will see a letter Governor Romney’s advisory group wrote endorsing him on it.

    http://www.mittromney.com/news/press/2012/01/leaders-americas-space-program-write-open-letter-support-mitt-romney

    Note the names on the bottom which comprise his Space Policy Advisory Committee. And note this is posted on the Romney-Ryan website which gives creditability to their claim they are the Romney Space Policy Advisory Group just as they call themselves. 🙂

    1. That letter has been posted on the Romney web site for many months. There’s nothing new there, and there’s no policy, at least none that’s any different from the Obama policy. All it says is that they’re going to plan to come up with a plan, as Ryan said the other day.

      1. Rand,

        Which satisfies the standard definitions of policy. The goal is a new plan for NASA and their process is to create an another study group to create the plan.

        http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policy

        Definition of POLICY
        1 a : prudence or wisdom in the management of affairs
        b : management or procedure based primarily on material interest

        2 a : a definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions
        b : a high-level overall plan embracing the general goals and acceptable procedures especially of a governmental body

        I think you confusing a plan with a policy. The two are quite different. In a plan the decisions are already made while a policy is used to guide the decision making that creates the plan.

        Its OK Rand, its a common mistake many folks make.

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