I know you weren't thinking it was to boldly go where no man has gone before. I know you weren't thinking it was because your pResident has a great spirit of adventure - no matter he referred to Lewis & Clark (because the grand bicentennial celebration is coming up this year and every state agency is scrambling to have some sort of "do") and "the spirit of discovery". (Before he became pResident, the only other country he'd ever set foot in was Mexico, from what I've read.)
The Daily Mis-lead has some answers for you.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld chaired the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization four years ago. Rumsfeld was announced as Bush's choice for DoD Secretary weeks before the commission releasing its findings in January 2001. Rumsfeld's report found that "we know from history that every medium -- air, land and sea -- has seen conflict. Reality indicates that space will be no different." The panel also concluded that "given this virtual certainty, the [United States] must develop the means both to deter and to defend against hostile acts in and from space."
...USA Today reported that Bush was persuaded to move forward in part due to the military benefits, as promoted to him by Vice President Cheney. The Center for American Progress' Progress Report yesterday noted an appearance by Republican Congressman Tom Feeney on Scarborough Country where he stated, "Somebody is going to dominate space. When they do, just like when the British dominated the naval part of our globe, established their empire, just like the United States has dominated the air superiority, ultimately, whoever is able to dominate space will be able to control the destiny of the entire Earth."
Already Halliburton has a piece of the action.
Go ahead, feign shock. I will wait.
Courtesy Maru the Crankpot
That's as far as I'm going into space right now. Maybe further later. (Except this: Bina at POAC's forum says she heard on the TV news that Hubble will be scrapped. And that will fit into the later stuff.)
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Update 10:02 am: La Belle provides a confirmation link to an article regarding the scrapping of Hubble.
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