The administration says that the new space initiative won't cost that much. They at least seem to have the talking points down:

Treasury Secretary John Snow told an ABC News program Sunday said that any new space initiative would be undertaken "within a framework of fiscal responsibility." In a separate interview Sunday on CNN, Commerce Secretary Don Evans said that any program would be "within a responsible fiscal budget."

Gee, that would make it unique among all federal programs with this administration.

Or any administration. Or any previous NASA Big Project.

I'm growing ever more cynical about this plan, myself [note the shameless plug].

"The administration says that the new space initiative won't cost that much."

They're not going to give it to NASA?

that's like saying we plan to be conservative in our purchasing of fur coats for the whole family! we're not talking about discout fish here.

Well, I guess today's the day we're going to find out whether the plan will be something different, or whether they'll just be handing the football to Lucy and hoping she lets Charlie Brown kick it this time.