Newt’s ‘weirdest idea’ — the moon as a US state. Associated Press: Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he’s elected president. Gingrich, the former House speaker, told an overflow crowd gathered on Florida’s space coast Wednesday that he wants to develop a robust commercial space industry in line with the airline boom of the 1930s. He also wants to expand exploration of Mars. “Twice recently, Governor Romney has made fun of me for having bold ideas in space,” he said. Then he shared with the crowd what he called his weirdest idea — something he said he wanted to address before Romney’s researchers dug it up from the past.  “At one point early in my career, I introduced the Northwest Ordinance for space. I said, as soon as we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon, they can petition to become a state!” We’ve got to cut school janitors and make kids clean the toilets, we’ve got to kick everyone off food stamps, but there’s plenty of money for a freakin’ moon colony. You have to prioritize, after all.
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Newt’s ‘weirdest idea’ — the moon as a US state.

Associated Press:

Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he’s elected president.

Gingrich, the former House speaker, told an overflow crowd gathered on Florida’s space coast Wednesday that he wants to develop a robust commercial space industry in line with the airline boom of the 1930s. He also wants to expand exploration of Mars.

“Twice recently, Governor Romney has made fun of me for having bold ideas in space,” he said. Then he shared with the crowd what he called his weirdest idea — something he said he wanted to address before Romney’s researchers dug it up from the past.  “At one point early in my career, I introduced the Northwest Ordinance for space. I said, as soon as we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon, they can petition to become a state!”

We’ve got to cut school janitors and make kids clean the toilets, we’ve got to kick everyone off food stamps, but there’s plenty of money for a freakin’ moon colony. You have to prioritize, after all.

Source: myfoxorlando.com

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