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In an interview with WPTV in Florida, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was asked about defense and the space program. His answer was more focused on the former (spend more!) than the latter (“robust”), providing few clues about what he and presidential candidate Mitt Romney would do with NASA if elected. Ryan refused to answer a question about NASA’s commercial space efforts. Excerpts below. Countering critics who perceived him […]https://parabolicarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Paul_Ryan.jpg