On Wed, 12 May 2010 22:32:16 -0700, Winston
wrote the following:

On 5/12/2010 11:37 AM, John R. Carroll wrote:

Gore was a big tech booster while in the Senate and as VP.
Space exploration was another of his favorites.
His work helped keep a lot of projects funded.

Machinist friend of mine worked on parts for a satellite
telescope proposed by Gore. It was to be available over
the net so that school kids could pan and zoom over
the earth's surface from their classroom.

Too bad it was canceled.

He probably realized that it could be used to illuminate the lack of
AGWK, so he quietly had it defunded.

--
You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless,
and the honest desire to help other people, will, in
the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself.
-- John Ruskin