Re: [OT] Space Programs was: Columbia

Ryan Gill schrieb:
> At 3:43 PM +0100 2/4/03, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
> >I just wonder what the State of the Union Address has to
> do with fuel
> >cells ?
> 
> Bush stated that he wants to put federal money to
> encouraging auto-makers to come up with fuel cell cars sooner. I
> wonder if Honda will get money for the FCX (hydrogen Fuel Cell auto)
they
> just put on the market in California for fleets. Its first one out
> there.

Only to American manufacturers ? And will Daimler-Chrysler count as
such ? They have been test-driving fuel-cell vehicles (Small A-class
Mercedes) across the US for some time.
http://www.fleet.chrysler.com/afv_news_details_1.jsp

And has the Bush administration suddenly become environmentally
friendly ? Or have the big car maker started to holler for subsidies ?

Greetings
Karl Heinz