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Dr. Aldrin's policy statement is correct.

Anyone really involved in the manned space program would see it.

Clinton's Administration essentially killed our manned space effort for 10 years.

We've ended up with an ISS that is more Russian and ours and a now grounded shuttle fleet.

Bush 43 needs to point to left field and hit another homer.

Only, this homer will change the course of science and aeronautics for our nation for the next 40 years.

Don't know what we can expect from George W. Bush on NASA. He never visited Johnson Space Center when he was Governor and this is his first visit as President.

That said, I agree with how we've gotten locked into a space station that does nothing to expand our space exploration outward.

The Russians have seemed to take more of a capitalist agenda to their space program than the US has considering they charge for space tourists. America holds the patents on some space program originated technologies but some of the products in use are not even made in the US. I'm not talking about things being made for the space program, rather things that are being sold using technology we pioneered (and see no $$$ on). I figure that "we" get money for satellite launches and maybe some of the science experiments.

The moon program astronauts I've spoken with feel let down that the space program has gone no farther with manned space exploration missions. They know that they will not live long enough to see any further manned space voyages.