Florida’s two senators introduce bill to move NASA HQ to their stateIt what seems to be a direct response to the demand earlier this week by Ohio state and federal lawmakers to make Ohio the new home of NASA’s headquarters, Florida’s two senators today introduced a bill that would legally require the headquarters go to Florida instead.
The bill [pdf] itself is short, barely more than two paragraphs, and if passed would simply require the headquarters to move to Florida’s Brevard County within one year of enactment.
The last word however is critical. There is no chance this idiotic bill will be passed. The only reason these senators introduced it today is to up their game against Ohio and any other state that wants NASA’s headquarters moved there.
And if it is passed by some miracle? It will then become a perfect example of congressional micromanaging in the stupidest way.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
It what seems to be a direct response to the demand earlier this week by Ohio state and federal lawmakers to make Ohio the new home of NASA’s headquarters, Florida’s two senators today introduced a bill that would legally require the headquarters go to Florida instead.
The bill [pdf] itself is short, barely more than two paragraphs, and if passed would simply require the headquarters to move to Florida’s Brevard County within one year of enactment.
The last word however is critical. There is no chance this idiotic bill will be passed. The only reason these senators introduced it today is to up their game against Ohio and any other state that wants NASA’s headquarters moved there.
And if it is passed by some miracle? It will then become a perfect example of congressional micromanaging in the stupidest way.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
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I don’t think that “a perfect example of congressional micromanaging” squares with trying to dismantle the administrative state.
The entire point is that the executive branch agencies are overreaching without congressional action. Doesn’t that at least imply that congressional action is preferrable to executive action? There does seem to be a line between “The EPA requires congress to legislate in order to include CO2 as a pollutant” and “NASA requires congress to legislate to move their headquarters”, but it doesn’t seem to be an obvious one.