Following on the heels of Rudy Giuliani, Republican Presidential candidate Frm. Gov. Mitt Romney is scheduled to make a swing through Brevard County today. He will take a tour of KSC and see Atlantis on the launch pad and then will participate in a roundtable with space industry officials at Port Canaveral (AJT & Associates). Sponsored by the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast, the seminar is the latest attempt at spurring the candidates' interest in , and hopefully support of, the space program, NASA and the need to devise a better transition to Constellation following the retirement of the space shuttle in a few years.
I'll be interesting to see what Romney has to say. His only previous comment regarding space was that he didn't see any need to change the direction the Vision for Space Exploration is taking the country. While not a condemnation of NASA or the Vision, it wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement either. Now that the battle for Florida is underway, I'm sure he'll have more (good) things to say. If we're lucky, he won't forget them on Jan. 30.
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Huckabee is on the verge of accepting this invitation, while McCain has flat out rejected it.
go to www.actionforspace.com now and tell both of them in an email, fax, and phone call that they both need to go and express support for space if they want your vote!
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