One giant leap for Newt? Gingrich promises 'permanent base on moon' if he's elected as doubt cast on his strong ties with Reagan (page 2)
"To infinity and beyond!" is the theme of Gingrich's latest campaign pitch: a lunar colony within eight yearsThere are two givens in any election campaign: 1) the candidates will make grand promises that they can never keep and 2) they will pander to their audience at every opportunity. But on Wednesday, Newt "grandiose is my middle name" [it isn't] Gingrich took those truisms on to a whole new, extraplanetary level. Speaking to an audience on Florida's Space Coast ahead of the state's primary next week, the big-thinking Republican hopeful turned his science fiction fantasies into a hard and fast campaign promise. "By the end of my second term we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American," he said. According to Talking Points Memo Gingrich went on to say that the base would be used for "science, tourism, and manufacturing" and to create a "robust industry" modelled on the airline business in the 20th century.And from there, how could a president ever top that? Well, that would be
One giant leap for Newt? Gingrich promises 'permanent base on moon' if he's elected as doubt cast on his strong ties with Reagan
On a campaign stop ahead of the Florida primary next Tuesday, GOP presidential hopeful Gingrich (pictured) told an audience in Cocoa, on Florida's space coast, his plan would benefit 'science, ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from Daily Mail
Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests
COCOA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector ...
Wed 25 Jan 12 from Reuters
Newt Gingrich promises moon base by the end of his second term
"To infinity and beyond!" is the theme of Gingrich's latest campaign pitch: a lunar colony within eight yearsThere are two givens in any election campaign: 1) the candidates will make grand ...
Wed 25 Jan 12 from Guardian.co.uk
Experts say Gingrich moon base dreams not lunacy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There's his grand research plan to figure out what makes ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from AP
Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon
COCOA, Fla. (AP) -- Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected president....
Thu 26 Jan 12 from AP
Gingrich wants panel to look at in vitro clinics
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich wants a commission to study the management of in vitro fertilization clinics, where infertile couples seek treatment to allow pregnancy and large ...
Sun 29 Jan 12 from R&D Mag
On Gingrich's Moon Base Plan (and Why It Won't Happen)
For more on this topic, you can listen to me chat with BBC 5live’s Dotun Adebayo (from “Up All Night” on Jan. 28 — at 1hr 26mins into the show) and check out the Al Jazeera ...
Sat 28 Jan 12 from Astroengine
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