Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

I just have to tout the newest accomplishment of my husband. I am seriously impressed this time. Following a series of conversations regarding Barack Obama's lackluster support for NASA's manned space flight initiatives, I had finally convinced John to simply "write a letter telling him your position." After all, I could only do so much persuading in the face of the hard evidence against him. A few days later, John informed me that the January 30 L.A. debate moderators were asking for question submissions. The most popular questions will be asked to the candidates. So, as you might expect- John took this on as a personal mission. Using contacts and network ties from all over the rather decentralized 'Space Talk' front, he single-handedly mobilized thousands of interested individuals into action. With a few thousand questions already submitted, John has now brought space exploration back into the political dialogue- of the top 25 questions on both the GOP and Democratic sides, space questions clearly dominate. Obviously all of the questions won't be asked, but at this point it will be quite hard to avoid asking at least one. What he has done, in effect, is created the opportunity to ask Mr. Obama the question, himself.
But! It doesn't even stop there. After we realized what an enormous effect his little grassroots organizing had had, John decided to take things a step further by creating a website to inform on current legislation regarding space, politicians positions on space, complete with email and contact links for people to write their representatives.
I am SO proud of what he is doing, and others are taking note as well. He is bound to make a great impression on this world.