Ralph Kramden Says Muslim Outreach More Important Than Alice's Planned Moon Trip

Shuttle pilot Ralph Kramden explains new space policy to wife.

Ralph Kramden, bus driver and moon launch specialist, says that reaching the Muslim world is much more important than his plan to send his wife to the moon.

"The President was very specific about this," Kramden said. "My first job, my first priority, is to reach out to the Muslim world and to stoke their interest in science."

Kramden had planned that one of these days he would send his wife--zam, pow--right to the moon. Priorities have changed in the Obama's more expansive view of space travel.

Long-time political ally, Ed Norton, said the move is unexpected.

"That Ralphy has always been promising to send that sweet Alice to the moon," said Norton. "Perhaps the failure to develop a inexpensive launch delivery vehicle to replace the space shuttle made the trip impractical, or something that's best accomplished by a more entrepreneurial private sector."

Kramden was interviewed recently on Al Jazeera television where he tried to convince the audience that it would be okay to send a woman to the moon.

One audience member wasn't so sure.

"Obviously a woman can be sent to the moon, as long as she travels five steps behind her husband and is properly veiled," said Abduhl Malook. "Zam. Pow. Zoom."

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