An oxygen tank explosion forced Apollo 13 to scrub its landing, but the
"can-do" problem solving of the crew and mission control turned the mission into a "successful failure."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html

Former Astronaut John Glenn speaks in ad for Senator Hillary Clinton.

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/138.aspx

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TEXAS, OHIO, RI, VT- YOUR VOTE IS CRUCIAL FOR SENATOR CLINTON
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/
We are the crew and mission today.
Senator Clinton is the astronaut and vote worthy.

"Hillary released a science policy a month ago that includes a section on space policy. She is the first major presidential candidate that I am aware of to articulate in any detail what the government's role in space should be..."
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/99 3/1

Former Astronaut John Glenn has endorsed Senator Clinton in Ohio and this says allot to me about our particular presidential nominee." He piloted the first American manned orbital mission aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, on the "Mercury Atlas 6" mission, lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds. During the mission there was concern that his heat shield had failed and that his craft would burn up on re-entry but he made his splash down safely. Glenn was celebrated as a national hero, and received a ticker-tape parade reminiscent of Lindbergh." (wikipedia)

Here is a guy that our nation gave a ticker-tape parade in honor of and named him a national hero and is walking amongst us still to this day. A man worthy of his place in American History. Senator Clinton has a story of her own about the desire to be an Astronaut and here it is:

Inspired by Alan Shepard, the first American to journey into space, a 14-year-old from suburban Chicago wrote a letter to NASA in 1961 asking what she needed to do to become an astronaut. She got a curt reply: Girls are not being recruited by the nation's space program. "It had never crossed my mind up until that point that there might be doors closed to me simply because I was a girl," recalled the letter writer, better known today as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (source: USA Today)

Former Astronaut Glenn recognizes her character as his character and her devotion to this Country, as do many in our nation and globally.

According to http://www.thespacereview.com/article/99 3/1

Senator Hillary Clinton will enhance American leadership in space, including:

*    Pursuing an ambitious 21st century Space Exploration Program, by implementing a balanced strategy of robust human spaceflight, expanded robotic spaceflight, and enhanced space science activities
*    Developing a comprehensive space-based Earth Sciences agenda, including full funding for NASA's Earth Sciences program and a space-based Climate Change Initiative that will help us secure the scientific knowledge we need to combat global warming.
*    Promoting American leadership in aeronautics by reversing funding cuts to NASA's and FAA's aeronautics budget.

I believe the Clinton campaign put out a science policy and included a portion on NASA because, for the first time in a long time, NASA can be used to affect issues that a significant number of potential voters are paying at least some attention to. Hillary Clinton followed up on this policy the same day by co-sponsoring a measure in the US Senate for an extra $1 billion for NASA's budget.

JFK said, "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." (wikipedia)

I believe if JFK could speak to America from the heavens or the moon, he definitely would agree with former Astronaut John Glenn, his friend, in supporting his choice of Senator Clinton becoming our 44th President of the United States.

I choose to vote for Senator Hillary Clinton in this presidential nomination not because it is easy, but because she has the wisdom to make the hard choices of governing from the onset. She is a seasoned politician with all the right motives to empower and inspire accomplishment on behalf of all our interests. Most importantly, she will be in the highest political position to assess the situations within the realm of full disclosure and maintain the mindset to achieve solutions. In other words, she controls the spaceship when we are ready for 'blast off' on January 20, 2009.

I saw California Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa in a Texas ad that speaks to Latinos, both men and women and all others, `Hillary is your friend.'

I know she is my choice of presidential nominee. When I think of the image of a friend, I envision the loyalty toward each other we share through thick and thin, ups and downs, and especially when they need me to support them. To have a friend that carries the philosophy of "You are not invisible to me" as Senator Clinton has said and believes, is both invaluable and vote worthy.

AMERICA WE are in the solutions business
On behalf of Senator Clinton I thank you for your vote.

BLAST OFF!!!!
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/