Newt "Skywalker" Gingrich has lost his mind so hold on to your wallets americans

Newt 'Lightyear' Gingrich promises moon base by 2020

 
David Shiga, reporter

R3440058-Apollo_11_view_of_the_far_side_of_the_moon-SPL.jpg

The promised land? (NASA/Science Photo Library)

 

Newt Gingrich - who already goes by the nickname Newt Skywalker - says he will get a moon base built by the end of 2020 if he is elected president. First, of course, he'll need to develop a viable way of getting there - with the retirement of the space shuttle fleet, NASA doesn't even have a way of getting to the International Space Station on its own.

Gingrich made the moon base pledge in a speech in Cocoa, Florida, while campaigning to become the Republican Party's nominee for president.

After complaining that NASA is moving too slowly and inefficiently, he said he wanted to see a bolder course of action. Perhaps Newt Lightyear is a better nickname for the former House speaker.

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

Gingrich said that he would like to eventually see a colony established on the moon, though he did not give a timeline for achieving it.

He added that he had once proposed legislation that would allow a moon colony of at least 13,000 Americans to petition to become a US state, and that he still supported the idea. I don't recall, incidentally, what the proposed state would be called - perhaps readers could suggest names in the comments below.

In any case, the Gingrich plan faces some difficult - some might say insurmountable - hurdles. Under George W Bush, NASA was trying to build a moon base by 2020, but a panel of experts appointed by the Obama administration in 2009 said in a report that it would take much longer and cost more than initially estimated - and Obama eventually canned the idea.

By the end of 2020, Gingrich said he would also have a fast vehicle developed to send astronauts to Mars. "I'm sick of being told that we have to be timid and have to be limited to technologies that are 50 years old," he said.

Previous estimates for the price of a manned mission to Mars have been in the hundreds of billions - "something like $450 billion" he said. But he said he would get the necessary technology developed largely by setting up prizes worth $10 billion.

"And if somebody figures it out we save $440 billion," Gingrich said. "If they don't figure it out, it didn't cost us anything."

Gingrich complained that NASA was spending too much time studying things rather than building and testing technologies. "We'd be better off to do 1 percent of the current studies and 10 times as many experiments," he said.

Gingrich has a longstanding interesting in space and technology and has expressed enthusiasm for a lunar colony before - something that rival Mitt Romney criticised in December, saying it would be "a problem" for Gingrich in a general election.

The latest figures show Gingrich and Romney are neck and neck ahead of the final presidential debate in Florida.

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/01/newt-li...

Views: 103

Comment

You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!

Join 12160 Social Network

"Destroying the New World Order"

TOP CONTENT THIS WEEK

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!

mobile page

12160.info/m

12160 Administrators

 

Latest Activity

Doc Vega posted a blog post

What Has Tulsi Gabbard Been Up to? Oh, Just catching Obama's ass ordering Intelligence Agencies to Commit Treason!

As we can always expect, the mainstream media will do anything they can to undermine the Trump…See More
22 hours ago
Burbia commented on tjdavis's blog post The Jewish Couple That Taught Bob Dylan Hebrew and Introduced Him to Zionism
"Haaretz put this story behind a pay wall. Sali Ariel and Terry Noble were the names of the couple…"
yesterday
William Heckman is now a member of 12160 Social Network
yesterday
cheeki kea commented on tjdavis's photo
yesterday
cheeki kea commented on cheeki kea's video
Thumbnail

This Woman DESTROYED Harley-Davidson's Future Forever

"It's a sad day on the highway. But I guess the show must go on. Watch out for the ruination of…"
yesterday
cheeki kea posted a video

This Woman DESTROYED Harley-Davidson's Future Forever

This Woman DESTROYED Harley-Davidson's Future ForeverWelcome to Ride Radar – Your Frontline Source for Motorcycle Deals, Trends & Market Mayhem.Looking for t...
yesterday
tjdavis posted a photo
yesterday
Burbia posted a status
"Who knew releasing the MLK files and literally deflecting, it ends up implicating himself with the Epstein Files."
Tuesday
Burbia posted a video

Dan Bilzerian DEMOLISHES MAGA Nutjob Patrick Bet-David on His Own Show

Watch as two powerhouse personalities collide in this no-holds-barred debate on one of the world’s most contentious issues. Patrick Bet-David, known for his ...
Monday
Doc Vega's 7 blog posts were featured
Sunday
tjdavis's 2 blog posts were featured
Sunday
Less Prone favorited tjdavis's blog post Track AIPAC
Sunday
FREEDOMROX's blog post was featured

MRNA VACCINES: Question

Hello my fellow sojourners,I know it has been five years since the Plandemic, but one question has…See More
Sunday
Less Prone favorited FREEDOMROX's blog post MRNA VACCINES: Question
Sunday
cheeki kea commented on cheeki kea's photo
Saturday
cheeki kea posted a photo
Saturday
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Friday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Marjory Taylor Green Proposes Bill Abolishing Geoengineering or Weather Modification
"cheeki kea Marjory is in a daily battle with Democrats on the hill constantly coming up with more…"
Jul 18
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Jul 16
Mr. Sizzle favorited Less Prone's video
Jul 15

© 2025   Created by truth.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

content and site copyright 12160.info 2007-2019 - all rights reserved. unless otherwise noted