Thursday’s event was less a debate than a preview of what will happen to NASA after January 20, 2008...The participants in the debate reflected how space rated in both campaigns: while knowledgeable about space topics, neither Lori Garver, representing Kerry, nor Frank Sietzen, representing Bush, rank high in the hierarchy of either campaign organization.
+ Read Roundup (The Space Review)
Other Debate Roundups:
Representatives of Bush, Kerry Debate Space (Space.com)
Bush, Kerry Campaign Reps Debate Space Issues (Aerospace Daily & Defense Report)
Debating Space: A Tale of Two Policies - One Real, One TBD (SpaceRef.com / Keith Cowing) -- has a distinct pro-Bush slant despite his alleged effort to be unbiased
"has a distinct pro-Bush slant despite his alleged effort to be unbiased"
That could be because Bush's plan has a distinct advantage over Kerry........ well we don't know what Kerrys' plan is do we?
And you might notice that Cowing is a Kerry supporter, he's just honest enough to admit that on space policy Bush has his candidate beat.
Posted by: Dogsbd at October 19, 2026 07:28 AMGranted bushes "plan" is better but keith's article is slanted towards his plan, as keith misses information that the other articles put on.
Not to say those other articles have there own bias. I believe in the ideals of a non partial media, and that every reporter should be as unbiased as possible. But I know that an unbiased media is a myth. Its one of the many things we need to strive for, but don't have time to obtain it unless we get into space.
Posted by: Matthew Corey Brown at October 19, 2026 09:18 AM"as keith misses information that the other articles put on"
I know of nothing of substance that the Kerry camp has said that it would do in space, so what else is there to say about the Kerry side of the debate? Would Kerry support a plan that gets man out of LEO? He's not said he would, and his past record on space would seem to indicate that he would not do much to move NASA to "greater things".
Cowing being a Kerry supporter, I'm sure he'd report on anything that would make Kerry's space policy look good if he could find anything.