Gingrich Pledges To Establish Permanent Base On The Moon ‘By The End Of My 2nd Term'

[Lakhota]

In a speech pandering to Florida’s aerospace community ahead of the state’s primary, GOP contender Newt Gingrich made a bold pledge to establish a permanent U.S. base on the moon “by the end of my second term.” He further promised that if he becomes president, America will get a man to Mars “in a remarkably short time.” A budget-conscious President Obama ended the program for a lunar colony and moon trip after NASA reported it didn’t have the money for any part of the plan, “and even if it were to get a budget infusion, the schedule was unworkable.” Gingrich rebutted the charge that he is “grandiose” by comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln, the Wright Brothers and John F. Kennedy. ThinkProgress has previously reported on Gingrich’s curious space fetish, which has included an idea for a “mirror system in space could provide the light equivalent of many full moons” for nighttime driving.

Gingrich Pledges To Establish Permanent Base On The Moon 'By The End Of My Second Term' | ThinkProgress

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[Kiki Cannoli]

Can I be Moon Colony Grand Prioress?

 

[Lakhota]

ThinkProgress has previously reported on Gingrich’s curious space fetish, which has included an idea for a “mirror system in space could provide the light equivalent of many full moons” for nighttime driving.

Wow, that sounds cool...

 

[Stephanie]

ThinkProgress has previously reported on Gingrich’s curious space fetish, which has included an idea for a “mirror system in space could provide the light equivalent of many full moons” for nighttime driving.

Wow, that sounds cool...

maybe they base you and thinkprogress from it.

 

[L.K.Eder]

maybe he will find wife #7 there.

 

[California Girl]

Excellent! If we can send him and the rest of congress up there, that would work for me.

 

[Lakhota]

 

[daveman]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

 

[Ravi]

Yeah....I'm sure he is looking for a place to have open marriages.

 

[Ravi]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

Yeah, it takes a lot of science to get stuff.

 

[Lakhota]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

That should give you a hint about who/what Newt really is...

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Space really is the final frontier. I'd love to be alive in two hundred years.

 

[Ravi]

Space really is the final frontier. I'd love to be alive in two hundred years.

You could always freeze yourself.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

THey do hate science and the proof is that Newt thinks a base will on the moon in 8 years.

 

[L.K.Eder]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

newt will use the test results of the basic research done by bill clinton (personally), claim it as his own, then will outsource construction to the chinese to build that base on the moon.

he will shut the base down, when he needs to ride in the back of the chinese/euro shuttle.

 

[California Girl]

I'm tellin' ya guys... if we can send a man to the moon, we can send congress.

 

[daveman]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

Yeah, it takes a lot of science to get stuff.

"...to get stuff to...the moon."

Yes, it takes a lot of science to get stuff to the moon.

Is that a surprise to you?

 

[daveman]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

That should give you a hint about who/what Newt really is...

He's a guy who proves leftist stereotypes are bullshit?

Seems to be, yes.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Wait, how is that possible? We've been repeatedly assured that Republicans hate science.

And it takes a lot of science to get stuff to and build stuff on the moon.

Right?

Dave ....you have been assured by Dean Republicans hate Science.....nuff said.....and im sure he will be along with his Quote from some Right Wing Religious nut backing him up....

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

There are valuable minerals on the moon. Not to mention launching space programs from the moon would be virtually free as compared to the cost of defeating the earths gravity and atmosphere.

I like the idea.

I've often told my kids if I'm alive when we actually start deep space exploration I would love to be one of the explorers. Who wouldn't want to be the Columbus of our times? We have an exciting future ahead of us in space. When we can afford it, that is.