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square · 2012-01-27 01:22:41

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Dmtdust · 2012-01-27 01:32:34

I agree with him on this. Weird. I agree with Newt, but there ya have it.

GooberMcNutly · 2012-01-27 09:02:16

What is it with politicians, chickens and pots? Why do we fall for that old 3 card monty every time? First, he won't do it, hell blame it on Democrats (and just enough of the GOP to make sure it doesn't pass). Or, if it does get done you will find out its just another excuse to weaponize space, like Reagan did with the space shuttle.

tojo2000 · 2012-01-27 14:07:07

Just a thought, but maybe we should wait until we've mastered the whole "Earth colony" concept before we start heading for the moon.

Emmeran · 2012-01-27 18:05:29

I'm with Dusty on this one, this is the shot in the arm that Renewable Energy needs. (Much like the 60's moon mission kicked the information age into gear)

Baywolfe · 2012-01-28 17:22:56

If you're powerful, and you build an isolated society, you either send the elite or the undesirables.

George Orr · 2012-01-28 17:40:31

Baywolfe wrote:
If you're powerful, and you build an isolated society, you either send the elite or the undesirables.

Gingrich's idea of the "elite" would roughly correspond to my idea of "undesirables," and vice versa, so I'd be cool with it.

square · 2012-01-28 19:13:59

I hope those of you who like this idea have paid attention to the timeline and funding mechanism (or lack thereof) he proposes, not to mention that claiming the moon as a state would violate the Outer Space Treaty. Oh, and the fact that he would be elected to two terms as President.

Besides, hasn't this documentary warned us of the dangers of such activities?

MSG Tripps · 2012-01-28 22:14:59

TANSTAAFL

choad · 2012-01-29 04:13:59

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Emmeran · 2012-01-29 11:41:53

square wrote:
the Outer Space Treaty.

Didn't know about that, thanks for the lesson.

I assumed claiming it as state was bullshit anyway, but the project to create a colony would push the effort for renewable living to the tipping point. You would need to renew air, food, water and energy. Besides, it would be a much better use of a Trillion dollars than the war in Iraq was...

GooberMcNutly · 2012-01-29 18:04:42

I also totally support spending money on space exploration and a base on the moon would be the perfect platform for real space engineering, much better than doing a few laps in a Russian can.

But I do not fail to notice that this "revelation" came 2 days before the Florida debate, just exactly enough time for it to be in a few papers but not so long that people start to ask "how". It's a bald faced political sop to the NASA and contractor crowd on the Space Coast.

Now, if someone came on and called for a new focus on space and increased investment in NASA projects without it being a cheap political ploy I would be shaking my pom-poms as hard as anyone.