Comments on: SPACE Act of 2007 http://selenianboondocks.com/2007/03/space-act-of-2007/ Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:26:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ferris Valyn http://selenianboondocks.com/2007/03/space-act-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Ferris Valyn Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:47:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=371#comment-2006 Jon,<br/><br/>I am curious - what would it take to get you to go up for ProSpace, or some other Congressional lobbying activity? Jon,

I am curious – what would it take to get you to go up for ProSpace, or some other Congressional lobbying activity?

]]> By: Robert Horning http://selenianboondocks.com/2007/03/space-act-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Robert Horning Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:19:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=371#comment-1995 It will be very interesting to see if this even makes it into the front door of congress to even get a chance to be heard at all. Something very similar to this was proposed by Jerry Pournelle to none other than Newt Gingrich when he was the Speaker of the House, but it seems as though one congressional scandal after another has killed this even before it could be assigned a bill number in the past.<br/><br/>It should be noted that a <a HREF="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00632:" REL="nofollow">somewhat similar bill</a> is currently being proposed titled the "H-Prize Act of 2007". It will be interesting to see what the general mood of congress will be for science prizes in general if this "Space Prize" act even gets any traction a little bit. It will be very interesting to see if this even makes it into the front door of congress to even get a chance to be heard at all. Something very similar to this was proposed by Jerry Pournelle to none other than Newt Gingrich when he was the Speaker of the House, but it seems as though one congressional scandal after another has killed this even before it could be assigned a bill number in the past.

It should be noted that a somewhat similar bill is currently being proposed titled the “H-Prize Act of 2007″. It will be interesting to see what the general mood of congress will be for science prizes in general if this “Space Prize” act even gets any traction a little bit.

]]> By: Jon Goff http://selenianboondocks.com/2007/03/space-act-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Jon Goff Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:19:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=371#comment-1989 Anonymous,<br/>Good point. Fair enough. <br/><br/>~Jon Anonymous,
Good point. Fair enough.

~Jon

]]> By: Anonymous http://selenianboondocks.com/2007/03/space-act-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 Anonymous Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:13:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=371#comment-1988 Jon-<br/>I've seen some crummy congressmen on both sides over the years, but a phrase that you've used a lot, 'congresscritter' really bugs me. I wonder if you could drop it. As time goes on, you might actually have one of these folks look at your site, and not pushing easily pushed buttons like this might do you a world of good, support-wise. Jon-
I’ve seen some crummy congressmen on both sides over the years, but a phrase that you’ve used a lot, ‘congresscritter’ really bugs me. I wonder if you could drop it. As time goes on, you might actually have one of these folks look at your site, and not pushing easily pushed buttons like this might do you a world of good, support-wise.

]]> By: John Hare http://selenianboondocks.com/2007/03/space-act-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 John Hare Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=371#comment-1985 Jon,<br/><br/>Minor nit. I don't remember a time when budgets were not considered tight. Govt, business or personal, excess funds are the exception. I consider tight budgets to be normal. Jon,

Minor nit. I don’t remember a time when budgets were not considered tight. Govt, business or personal, excess funds are the exception. I consider tight budgets to be normal.

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