Obama/McCain and space exploration

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I've already told you why, PhiGam! What else more do you want me to say?! We should because I think there could be more there than we think. I would even like to see more exploration done here on Earth. Like I was saying earlier, I would like to see money spent on exploring what's on the deep end of our oceans. And we've barely discovered our rain forests. We need to because there's so much to see there too (which will soon be completely gone) So it's not just space, but it places here too. No, I can't back it up, but who can? If something is there, I want to know why it's there. There's so much life here we haven't discovered, and there are hundreds of thousands of galaxies out there, and to get there, we have to start in our own solar system 1st. Without NASA funding it won't happen.

If you want to explore a rainforest, come on up here to Washington and visit the Hoh Rain Forest - something thousands of people do every year.

Here's some information via your favorite new Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoh_Rain_Forest

Happy trails!

[JonoBN41]

I found this assessment on the Discover site, written by Phil Plait, who hosts the website Bad Astronomy.

His conclusion, in part, states: "So take whatever either man says with a few moles of salt. However, given McCain’s tack to the right and pandering to the religious zealots on so many issues, I don’t expect him to be a candidate who is on the side of science. Obama, on the other hand, has clearly stated his opposition to what has happened to science over the past eight years, and that gives me hope."

Here's the link, followed by 65 reader Comments. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...e-exploration/

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by JonoBN41

I found this assessment on the Discover site, written by Phil Plait, who hosts the website Bad Astronomy.

His conclusion, in part, states: "So take whatever either man says with a few moles of salt. However, given McCain’s tack to the right and pandering to the religious zealots on so many issues, I don’t expect him to be a candidate who is on the side of science. Obama, on the other hand, has clearly stated his opposition to what has happened to science over the past eight years, and that gives me hope."

Here's the link, followed by 65 reader Comments. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...e-exploration/

McCain being religious (supposedly) makes him against evolutionary science, not space exploration. The writer here should have better logic and reasoning skills then that if he's a scientist. I personally believe in evolution and I can admit that the commentary in this article is sophomoric at best.