re: This is currently 2004 not 2000
The question concerneed Bush's interested then not know... My point is Bush was not supportive of space till after a disaster, which forced him to focus some small amount of his energy toward it. Has he returned to his Space Initiative as a theme? When's the last time he talked about his great "Aid Initiative" of last year? Sapce his this years "thing" with him, nothing more.
His support is transitory and ephemeral. It waxes and wanes as the Moon.