Newt Gingrich’s case for boosting federal investments into private sector space projects awkwardly embraces a core tenet of modern liberalism: the belief that government spending can help the economy.Not that far off:
“By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American,” Gingrich said in Florida, explaining that it would entail “commercial near-Earth activities that include science, tourism and manufacturing, because it is in our interest.”
And because we're talking about one of my favorite skits ever...
this reminded me of another good clip about the moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQIanW8iok
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