Bad news: Rush Holt, New Jersey congressman and scientist,
is wrapping up his Capitol Hill career.
Good news: Rush will be the new CEO of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science! (story here)
Now that the Flat Earth Society has a working majority in
both houses of Congress, we can only hope that Rush Holt will be able to use
his new platform to argue persuasively for science, reason, creativity, and
optimism. This is clearly
his platform – including seeing the need for imaginative new thinking in
transportation! (see some nice quotes in the linked story)
We continue in this country to spend far too much money on
20th century solutions to 20th century problems and very
little on developing and implementing 21st century solutions to 21st
century problems. Let’s hope Rush
can give us a boost!
FYI, Rush Holt (who is not now, but has been my congressman)
is really a plasma physics guy, not a spaceflight guy, but “My congressman is a rocket scientist” has to be one of
the best political bumper stickers of all time!
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