Posted on 01/29/2012 9:30:10 AM PST by FreedomFighter1013
While Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been mocked repeatedly by his chief rival, Mitt Romney, there is a compelling series of arguments to be made for returning to the moon, this time in the form of a permanent Lunar colony. Indeed, the Lunar colony idea had been articulated by President George W. Bush in 2004 and was based on solid research developed by many serious thinkers in the space community. It had also been ratified by 2 different congresses, in 2005 and 2008. In fact, the first lunar colony was planned in the mid-1960s, called ALSS (Apollo Logistics Support System) Lunar Base and was cancelled in 1968.
Nevertheless, the recent $5-plus trillion run up in our national debt over the last 3 years have made many people less expansive in their thinking when it comes to space exploration for exploration's sake, that is without a concrete, read: commercial, application. more here
(Excerpt) Read more at gregcontreras.blogspot.com ...
Read that. Newt's right. There is this much[-]room between Obama's health care policy and Mitt's health care policy, and I suggest between their space leadership too.
Voters need to read this and then think of how Newt is campaigning and how this can succeed if enough of the silent majority rallies from their funk and acts now!
The GE Years: What Made Reagan Reagan [Newt said this book explained Ronald Reagan's leadership]
Be well and be cheerful.
He can swear it with a straight face, but I know better than that.
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