Joe: I can offer a few thoughts even before we hear from Mr. Bush. I recall as a child (late 50's - early 60's) that space "dreamers" envisioned a methodical, step-by-step exploration and colonization scenario that would first put a space station in earth orbit and from there shuttle missions to the Moon and perhaps beyond. The Cold-War-inspired "space race" killed any appropriate (emphasis on appropriate) manned space program. This is the first time that I have heard of anything in over 40 years that even approaches what had been envisioned by sensible, rational people in the beginning. [Kim Hyatt] -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bauman [mailto:bau@desnews.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:24 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] President Bush's speech Hi Friends, This is the big day. President Bush is to announce the country's new space initative at 1 p.m., and I will be writing a story about it. If someone wants a comment included in my article, pro or con, concerns, encouragement, etc., please send me a note as soon as possible after the talk. Please give me your name as you'd like it in the paper as well as your city of residence. As always, I can't promise that everything I write will get in, and keep it short is the newspaper mantra. Thank you, Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com