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Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives
New submitter thomas.kane writes "Newt Gingrich announced yesterday, while visiting Florida's Space Coast, a visionary plan for the future of space travel. He suggested a combination of the current private incentives and a government funded section, developing a moon base, commercial near earth orbit, and continuous propulsion systems to better reach Mars." "Visionary" seems an awfully positive spin on it; Gingrich is not the first President or presidential candidate to propose revisiting the moon — and the moon seems like small potatoes, by some measures.
Newt Gingrich's new Secret Service code name:
MOONBAT ALPHA
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A man no more knows his destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of the East India Company
We'll use all the money we're saving with our socialized healthcare system. Then we can launch all the socialists to the moon where they can live in a perfect socialized society where they don't have to live with the evils of capitalism.
After building a base on the moon, he will point a giant "laser" at the Earth, and threaten the rest of the world with annihilating a major city every day unless the world pays the US (evil pinky finger) $10.5 trillion. Then he will use that money to pay off the national debt (except that which is owed to Social Security), and thus balance the budget.
Of course, the whole thing will be stopped when a spy with bad teeth shows up.
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Here is a pretty good video of how he has gained ground.
Beta is broken and the link to classic doesn't work. Stop wasting our time or there won't be anybody left here.
If I sign up, do I get an awesome evil henchman future-suit?
You know, it says a lot about this country when someone with a history like Newt's can be a serious candidate for president. Vote Cthulu for 2012! It will be the lesser evil!
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US to get to the moon using private industry incentives
If the moon were made of solid gold, it still wouldn't be anywhere close to economically feasible for private industry to bother. And, as it is, it's just made of cheese, which is a lot easier to get out of cows.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
The beauty of the idea is, that you do not need any money, you just use all the US debt certificates and stack them. That should be enough to reach the moon and build there a station out of the remaining notes. And if it isn't sufficient. New debt can easily be produced. For example, wage another war. Let say against Pakistan. Er no they have the bomb. Well let see, how about Norway. They have oil and they do not have any nuclear weapons. True they are allies, but who cares? Who will stop us? The British will not, if BP can get some of the oil.
As opposed to the Free Market Space Cadets, who will live in a perfect market economy selling vacuum to each other? How dare "We the people" be concerned about fellow humans! Space rocks! That's what counts!
...the choice of candidates will be between a douche or a turd.
Gingrich is the turd from 1997 that didn't fully flush. Long live "Floater" Gingrich!
Anywhere you want!
I would chip in a few bucks to send Gingrich to the moon.