Jeff Foust has a more extensive report on the presidential space debate that he recently summarized.

Check out these comments from spacepolitics.com:

I'm a bit confused by Lori Garver's comments on the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE).

In the debate with Frank Sietzen, Garver was against the VSE:
“Exploration is exciting, but it isn’t the only thing we get from space. Sending a few people to Mars maybe isn’t the most inspirational thing that we can be doing.”
The Space Review

But in a debate earlier this year with Robert Park, she supported it:
"I'm very enthused about the initiative. This is what we should be doing with our space program. The reason Mars is exciting when spirit land on it is because we believe we're going further."
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, January 14, 2004
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june04/moon_01-14.html

I hope that both parties will support the VSE. It got some partisan criticism initially, but it's been gaining support since then.

If the Democrats support it, it might help their cause in Florida.
Posted by Link to NewsHour debate at October 19, 2004 11:35 PM

NASA Watch has also noticed this:
Kerry Campaign Space Advisor's Flip Flops
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/000292.html

Posted by Link to NASA Watch article at October 19, 2004 11:50 PM