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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 13:59:33 -0700

Subject: Bush Cancels Space Station Program

Fyi...The following "story" is posted to the home page of Space
Daily.com today.

Bush Cancels Space Station Program
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2005

US President George W Bush declared today that he had signed a rare
presidential decree canceling any further expenditure of Federal funds
on the International Space Station (ISS) program.

"We cannot find any justification to continue deficit funding of a
program that has no application other that proving that with enough
money America can do anything," said Bush.

"The whole world knows that already, so why keep spending money on
it," he added. The White House press corps was left looking like stunned
bunnies as the President read his announcement.  Immediately following
the announcement the President started handing out Easter Eggs,
quipping, "it might be politically incorrect to hand these out, but
don't worry we got them at a discount at a Walmart sale yesterday so
they aren't really a religious item anymore."

Congressional supporter's of the Space Station now have told SpaceDaily,
"will cost thousands of jobs, and leave school children confused as to
what America can actually do in space anymore."

During the press conference Bush told reporters, "I don't want to see
another NASA administrator - appointed on my watch - left to justify a
program to Congress based on lies, dis-information, half-truths and
sexed up reports."

During a brief two-minute period provided for questions from the
press, the first reporter asked if this meant the Space Shuttle was
also being shut down. To which the President answered, "we plan to
either hold an auction on Ebay or give them away to "our international
partners."


http://www.spacedaily.com/

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