Public link: https://apnews.com/article/3da7dc8dadb6918ad6f0dcfc4fe125a8Associated Press sources reports that the influential senator does not plan to run for re-election in 2022.Given the election of a new senator last year, this would seem to really reduce the state’s influence in attracting federal agency dollars to the state.
I have similar stories. The last of the 4 Senators who led the resistance to commercial crew & demanded we build a rocket that could go to ISS, Moon & Mars by 2016 w/ current contracts/contractors & 50-yr old technology. He insisted I was ruining the space program 4 disagreeing.
So long Senator Shelby: Key architect of SLS rocket won’t seek reelectionShelby said NASA's exploration of space will "always" go through Alabama.ERIC BERGER - 2/9/2021, 3:33 PM
Shelby has quite a legacy: Arguably the most obstinate and effective barrier to progress in the entire history of spaceflight. Also one of the most infuriating characters in that history. He seems to have a lot of ideological disdain for NASA, but at the same time considers it some kind of birthright of his state to dictate its budget and policies at all costs to its actual mission. Fortunately he created a lot of moral contrast within the space community he held hostage, and that drove some of the psychological migration to the new way of doing things. It also made some of the rebel elements in commercial space bolder, who might otherwise have been more pragmatic. Shelby and his fellow travelers got so greedy and brazen that they made it clear American HSF would never exist again if they kept getting their way. And by doing that, and posing such a stark choice, they may have done us all an ironic service.
Fortunately he created a lot of moral contrast within the space community he held hostage, and that drove some of the psychological migration to the new way of doing things.
Quote from: RoadWithoutEnd on 03/07/2021 06:54 amFortunately he created a lot of moral contrast within the space community he held hostage, and that drove some of the psychological migration to the new way of doing things. Can you be more specific? Not really sure what you mean by this.
Shelby will most likely be replaced by another Republican senator. Mo Brooks or Bradly Byrne, are two most widely known statewide names right now.
Mo Brooks current congressional district includes Huntsville and MSFC. So he would continue to tow the line Shelby Started.
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