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AIP Probes Bush, Kerry On Science Issues

Posted by timothy on from the hey-that's-the-aliens'-technique-too dept.

martensitic writes "Physics Today (the 50-year-old monthly publication of the American Institute of Physics) continues their election-year tradition with this special report, posing nine questions 'in an effort to get the candidates to specifically address questions of interest to the science community'. The 'sometimes direct and sometimes vague' written responses 'show fundamental differences on several key issues.'"

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  1. I call bullshit on Bush by DrunkClam · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-57/iss-10/p28.html / Kerry answers by noting that most of the R&D money is going for weapons systems and defense spending related to the war in Iraq, not basic science programs. Marburger and other administration officials point to several R&D initiatives, including new nanotechnology centers, the Moon/Mars space initiative, and the program to develop hydrogen fuel technology. ---------- Money for weapons is most certainly not money for science.