As a co-architect of the federal Cash for Clunkers programwith the Center for American Progress and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and adviser to various congressional offices on the issue, it is gratifying to see how quickly it has been adopted by the American people.
Lockheed and Pratt have both cut costs significantly on their parts of the programwith each successive production lot, and have made major progress in retiring risk as flight testing proceeded (the planes have flown over 6, 000 hours).
Backers of the program say its mere existence is a sign of progress, with firms that usually are competitors coming together to make a pledge they will need each other to meet.
Yesterday, the Russian space program successfully launched its Progress spacecraft, which is set to dock with the International Space Station on Wednesday.