From: StarWatcher@uiuc.edu (StarWatcher)
Subject: Re: Clinton and Space Funding
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 00:21:45 GMT
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pssres12@ucs.usl.edu (Vignes Gerard M) writes:

> 	but we also know that Clinton and Gore are
> 	hostile to technology and research spending
> 	and especially to projects involving
> 	space exploration and astronomy.


I beg to differ.

In article <SPACE PROGRAM: Position Paper> the "Bill and Al Show" write:


:      CLINTON/GORE ON AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM



: The end of the Cold War offers new opportunities
: and new challenges for our civilian space program.
: In recent years the program has lacked vision and
: leadership.  Because the Reagan and Bush
: administrations have failed to establish priorities
: and to match program needs with available
: resources, the National Aeronautics and Space
: Administration (NASA) has been saddled with more
: missions than it can successfully accomplish.

: Bill Clinton and Al Gore support a strong U.S.
: civilian space program -- for its scientific value,
: its economic and environmental benefits, its role
: in building new partnerships with other countries,
: and its inspiration of our nations youth.  A
: Clinton/Gore Administration space program will seek
: to meet the needs of the United States and other
: nations while moving toward our long-term space
: objectives, including human exploration of the
: solar system.  A Clinton/Gore space program will
: also promote the development of new technologies,
: create new jobs for our highly-skilled former
: defense workers, and increase our understanding of
: the planet and its delicate environmental balance.

: Move beyond the Cold War

: *    Restore the historical funding equilibrium
:      between NASA and the Defense Departments space
:      program. The Reagan and Bush Administrations
:      spent more on defense space initiatives than
:      on civilian space projects.

: *    Achieve greater cooperation in space with our
:      traditional allies in Europe and Japan, as
:      well as with Russia.  Greater U.S.-Russian
:      cooperation in space will benefit both
:      countries, combining the vast knowledge and
:      resources both countries have gathered since
:      the launch of Sputnik in 1957.

: Improve the American economy through space

: *    Direct NASA to give high priority to continued
:      improvement of the American civil aircraft
:      industry, which faces increasing international
:      competition.  NASA research can play an
:      important role in developing less polluting,
:      more fuel efficient, and quieter aircraft.

: *    Work to improve our space industries
:      competitiveness.  Well direct NASA to develop
:      cutting-edge rocket and satellite
:      technologies.  We will also develop a new,
:      cost effective, and reliable launch system to
:      maximize scientific and commercial payloads.

: Link NASA and the environment

: *    Support NASA efforts -- like Mission to Planet
:      Earth -- to improve our understanding of the
:      global environment.

: *    Call on NASA to develop smaller, more focused
:      missions which address pressing environmental
:      concerns.

: Strengthen NASA and education

: *    Direct NASA to expand educational programs
:      that improve American performance in math and
:      science. Space education can help maintain our
:      technological edge and improve our
:      competitiveness.

: *    Direct NASA to expand the outreach of its
:      educational efforts beyond its five field
:      centers, so that millions more people can
:      learn about space.

: *    Maintain the Space Shuttles integral role in
:      our civilian space program.  The Shuttle is
:      extremely complex and will always be expensive
:      and difficult to operate.  But we must take
:      full advantage of its unique capabilities.

: *    Support completion of  Space Station Freedom,
:      basing its development on the twin principles
:      of greater cooperation and burden sharing with
:      our allies. By organizing effectively on this
:      project, we can pave the way for future joint
:      international ventures, both in space and on
:      Earth.

: Encourage planetary exploration through the best
: space science

: *    Stress efforts to learn about other planets.
:      These improve our understanding of our own
:      world and stimulate advances in computers,
:      sensors, image processing and communications.

: *    Fully utilize robotic missions to learn more
:      about the universe.

: *    Although we cannot yet commit major resources
:      to human planetary exploration, this dream
:      should be among the considerations that guide
:      our science and engineering.  Because the
:      entire world will share the benefits of human
:      planetary explorations, the costs for any such
:      projects should be borne by other nations as
:      well as the United States.

: The Record

: *    Senator Al Gore chairs the Senate Subcommittee
:      on Science, Technology, and Space, which has
:      primary responsibility for NASA and plays a
:      key role in efforts to strengthen and
:      revitalize America's space program.

: *    Strongly favors a balanced manned and unmanned
:      space program. Supports completion of Space
:      Station Freedom and enhancements to the fleet
:      of Space Shuttles to ensure safety and
:      reliability.

: *    Has championed Mission to Planet Earth, an
:      initiative designed to gather comprehensive
:      information on the Earth's changing
:      environment. He strongly supports  efforts to
:      channel information on the Earth's environment
:      to teachers and school children.

: *    Strongly supports efforts to strengthen our
:      leadership in aviation.

: *    Has tried to use space exploration as a bridge
:      to international cooperation, not competition.
:      Pushed the administration to investigate the
:      possibilities for integrating surviving
:      elements of the Soviet space program into the
:      U.S. program in ways beneficial to America and
:      its aerospace workers.

: *    Following the Challenger disaster, Senator
:      Gore uncovered quality assurance deficiencies
:      at NASA, gaining a greater commitment to
:      quality assurance and accountability at NASA.

[Other speeches/position papers/etc. from both the Comm^H^H^H^HDemocrats 
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