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In a speech pandering to Floridas aerospace community ahead of the states 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 didnt 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 Gingrichs 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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