Promises about Space on the Obameter

PolitiFact: Promises about Space on the Obameter continues to measure the campaign promises of presidential candidate Barack Obama with President Barack Obama one year after the historic inauguration.

The Obameter for space promises kept include: 1] the additional of one space shuttle flight; 2] use of the private sector to improve spaceflight; 3] partner to enhance the potential of the International Space Station; 4] Use the International Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research; 5] Explore whether International Space Station can operate after 2016; 6] Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system; and, 7] Enhance earth mapping.

There are nonetheless several more promises that are "in the works" or "stalled" for one reason or another. How the president will deal with the remaining policy issues may be forthcoming in either the State of the Union Address later this month or in the federal budget proposal coming early next month.