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Gingrich Space Plan Promises the Moon, Literally: Lunar Base by 2020
Space.com ^ | 25 January 2012 Time: 07:07 PM ET | Mike Wall

Posted on 01/26/2012 7:36:33 AM PST by The_Victor

The United States will have a permanent manned colony on the moon by 2020 if Newt Gingrich is in charge, the Republican presidential hopeful announced today (Jan. 25).

Gingrich laid out this goal during a speech in the city of Cocoa, on Florida's Space Coast. He also said that near-Earth space would be bustling with commercial activity by 2020, and that America would possess a next-generation propulsion system by then, allowing the nation to get astronauts to Mars quickly and efficiently.

"By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American," Gingrich said.

The former Speaker of the House made no apologies for the boldness of his amibitions, which depend primarily on the emergence of a vibrant commercial spaceflight industry. He said the U.S. space program needs a kick in the pants like the one President John F. Kennedy gave it in 1961, when he promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bhonasa; biggovtconservative; catastrophism; fl2012; livingdocument; nasa; newt2012; space
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1 posted on 01/26/2012 7:36:36 AM PST by The_Victor
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To: The_Victor

Newt- NASA - Moonbase

Obama - NASA - Muslim outreach

Any questions?


2 posted on 01/26/2012 7:43:07 AM PST by ILS21R (Never give up.)
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To: The_Victor

I agree with this proposal wholeheartedly.

Historically, exploration and colonization has lead to some of the greatest increases in national wealth. Recapturing a lead in space can only help this country.


3 posted on 01/26/2012 7:44:30 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: The_Victor
2010 if Newt had his way:



2010 because the Democrats got their way:

4 posted on 01/26/2012 7:45:19 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA/PIPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: The_Victor

1000% backing this plan!

LLS


5 posted on 01/26/2012 7:45:34 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Recession: You have no job* Depression: I have no job* Recovery: obama has no job!)
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To: The_Victor

Great. Love it. Nothing wrong with appealing to folk’s dreams and ambitions, even their fantasies, so long as you aren’t asking them to pay for your own without giving them a choice in the matter. Involvement in such a plan would excite me, as I’m sure it would many others.

Actually thought the details he gave here on the idea showed a very considered and well-thought-out approach to this topic: it’s clearly something he’s reflected very carefully on. Enormous potential and opportunity in this field for so many aspects of business and industry.

Have to admit I’m just a tad worried what the MSM may make of this in their write-ups, though. I can see some of the ridiculous headlines already...


6 posted on 01/26/2012 7:45:56 AM PST by Zajko (Never wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig likes it.)
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To: ILS21R
The United States will have a permanent manned colony on the moon by 2020 if Newt Gingrich is in charge Any questions?

Why does anyone assume that spending our tax money on a lunar base is a good thing? It's just another boondoggle - a form of corporate welfare no different than the green energy fiasco of 0bama.

7 posted on 01/26/2012 7:46:49 AM PST by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: The_Victor

If I learned anything from reading Heinlein, I learned the importance of controlling the high ground....


8 posted on 01/26/2012 7:46:58 AM PST by Eepsy
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To: The_Victor
It won't happen because NASA has forgotten how to build Saturn V rockets or their modern equivalents.

The Lost Art of the Saturn V

9 posted on 01/26/2012 7:47:17 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Eepsy
If I learned anything from reading Heinlein, I learned the importance of controlling the high ground....

Heinlein wrote FICTION. If you learned anything from him it should be how to write.

10 posted on 01/26/2012 7:48:54 AM PST by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

I haven’t heard all he has to say about his proposed space program, but it is my understanding that he is wanting to give free enterprise and the private sector more of a seat at the table vis a vis funding.


11 posted on 01/26/2012 7:49:43 AM PST by TEXOKIE (... and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all FREEPERS EVERYWHERE!)
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To: Eepsy

That, and “an armed society is a polite society”.


12 posted on 01/26/2012 7:51:43 AM PST by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: from occupied ga

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures-Ralph Waldo Emerson


13 posted on 01/26/2012 7:53:39 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA/PIPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: TEXOKIE

If it is PRIVATELY FUNDED, then I’m all for it. As long as the taxpayers aren’t expected to foot the bill space exploration is fine. Let those who want to spend fortunes for no tangible return put their money up and I’ll cheer them and hope they get something out of it.


14 posted on 01/26/2012 7:54:07 AM PST by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga
Either we beat the chicoms and ivan there or we literally live under them. You do not want that reality to come to pass. Some of us learned from the cold war... here is a plan that a great man had, "WE WIN... THEY LOSE!". Reagan

LLS

15 posted on 01/26/2012 7:54:07 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Recession: You have no job* Depression: I have no job* Recovery: obama has no job!)
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To: The_Victor

Good. I’ll have somewhere to move when our government collapses under its massive debt.

Just a thought- is this right wing engineering that Newt supposedly deplores?


16 posted on 01/26/2012 7:55:14 AM PST by almcbean
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To: LibLieSlayer

People also laughed at Reagan for proposing “Star Wars.”


17 posted on 01/26/2012 7:56:27 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA/PIPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: LibLieSlayer
Either we beat the chicoms and ivan there or we literally live under them

Not true. Did you examine the physics and economics of it or is this just something you got from reading science fiction? Do you have any idea what the cost of a moon base would be?

18 posted on 01/26/2012 7:57:23 AM PST by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: The_Victor

Are all you moonbase supporters going to step up and say “raise our taxes” or do you want to borrow money for this also?


19 posted on 01/26/2012 7:58:17 AM PST by running_dog_lackey
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To: from occupied ga

That’s what they said after we bought Alaska after we just lost over 100,000 people and billions(in today’s money) of dollars fighting a civil war.


20 posted on 01/26/2012 7:58:40 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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