Good afternoon and welcome to Titusville, Florida or "Space City, USA." This town in Brevard Country, known for the Kennedy Space Center and NASA, was the site for Senator Obama's town hall meeting. The gym at the local community college was packed with folks eager to talk about economic challenges facing Floridians. In his opening remarks before the questions, Barack took some time to address the issue of space exploration and scientific research, tying it to the economic challenges that America faces:
This is an administration that has been anti-science, whether on the issues of stem cell research or climate change. I want to promote a science based economy and I want to invest in science, that is what is going to drive our economy in the long term.
You don't have to be an expert (a rocket scientist for instance), to see that America's economy faces serious challenges. One of the surest ways of putting it back on track is by putting an emphasis to the things America excels at, technology and innovation. Arun Chaudhary August 2nd, 2008 Titusville Florida
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