  God! I almost forgot. Today, July 20, 2004, is the urlLink 35th Anniversary of the historic moment when the Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon and when astronaut Neil Armstrong proclaimed, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
" To date, while explorers roam Mars and a satellite wanders around Saturn, the moon has been the only extraterrestrial world that humankind has explored. NASA's human space flight program has been grounded since shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas on February 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts aboard. Investigators found a "broken safety culture" at NASA and recommended upgrades that the space agency has said will cost $750 million more than first estimated.
Getting the three remaining shuttles flying again is only the beginning of the "vision for space exploration" that Bush unveiled on January 14. While saying these words are like choking on my own vomit, advancing the space program significantly is probably the only thing that I agree with Bush on. feh... Sorry...writing that seriously did make me vomit in my own mouth. As I wrote before, I'm very much a supporter of building our space program.
It behooves us as a nation to expand our horizons and learn what's out there. We fight about space here on Earth so much. Wouldn't it be nice to see how we might be able to colonize the infinite cosmos where border disputes will become a thing of the past. Where I disagree with Bush is trying to build a space program in an economy totally decimated by war.
We must take care of things here on Earth first. This is why we need somebody like John Kerry to fix the damage that Bush and rebuild the surplusses we once had in the Clinton era so that we can look to space effectively and without screwing over people. But, I do think we continuously need to invest in the space program and, hopefully, I'll get to see sometime before I die a human being stepping on to a planet beyond our moon. 
