I hold out hope that the private sector will pick up slack if Kerry falters on Government funded space. But the truth is the private sector will move forward whether or not Kerry falters on space so if and when Kerry does falter, those of us who are space advocates will lose out: Under Kerry there will be less space activity than there otherwise would have been. Sure it won't all go away, but some of it will.

If Kerry does pass tax increases that discourage private sector investment in R&D, capital spending, and otehr financing activities then even the private space ventures will wither and die. We will suffer a double wammy.

I hope not. But with John Kerry it is a serious risk. He is poll driven, and sadly, more spending on space polls pretty low when paired with more spending on schools, healthcare, the homeless, or whatever the social program of the hour tends to be...

Scott Evil