Sort of. The Washington Post’s Marc Kaufmann gives as detailed a look as one can about the two presidential candidates’ plan for NASA. Both candidates were once lukewarm about more NASA funding, but now support an additional $2 billion or so in new cash.

The differences lie in the fact that Obama is proactively supporting President Bush’s unfunded vision to build a new generation of spacecraft by 2015 and (gasp) explore Mars by 2020. McCain, meanwhile, seems more interested in calling Obama a hypocrite than focusing attention on NASA’s needs.

All in all, neither candidate is equating NASA with a wasteful federal government, which has occasionally been the case in the past. This may have more to do with wooing Florida voters, though, than a deep comittment to the space agency.

For more on NASA stick with Understanding Government. For more on Obama, McCain tune in elsewhere.-MB

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