[Movemout]

No, I don't believe that at all. I have participated in briefings to Mr Walker when he was still in the House. He is an afficianado of efforts to explore and commercialize space. He is also pretty clever. He made that statement to prick our competitive spirit. Remember that Sputnik roused our sense of competition with the USSR. JFK could have cared less about putting people in orbit until the Soviets blindsided us with the Sputnik launch. In a grand gesture of one-upmanship, he decalred that we would be on the moon within the decade. The prospect of the Chinese establishing a lunar base before the USA might just be the catalyst we need to reinvigorate our space exploration program (non-existant as of now).

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I agree but I believe his statement about our technology and returning to the Moon is as I stated. I have no doubt we need a kick in the pants (communists in space) to get off the dime.