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[Bauglir]

I'm seriously impressed. How does this election keep managing to top itself for peak absurdity? I predict that, in response, Romney will endorse Stalin as an example of an effective leader, and then spend weeks explaining that he didn't mean to endorse all of Stalin's policies but only to point out that he was good at getting results.

[Sirus]

Newt Gingrich promises moon base by the end of his second term.

Sane people: "Let's fix the country."

Newt: "TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"

I love space and science and stuff as much as the next nerd, and would LOVE to go to space sometime in my life, but seriously...there are more important things, Newt.

[Andrew425]

I like the moonbase idea.

Bold

[ECrownofFire]

I'm seriously impressed. How does this election keep managing to top itself for peak absurdity? I predict that, in response, Romney will endorse Stalin as an example of an effective leader, and then spend weeks explaining that he didn't mean to endorse all of Stalin's policies but only to point out that he was good at getting results.

Nah, Romney would say he endorses Stalin, then Gingrich and Santorum would say they do too (with Paul saying they're all insane). Then Romney turns around and says he doesn't endorse Stalin, only that he got good results, and Gingrich and Santorum would attack him for supporting Stalin. And Paul would say they're all insane.

[Urist Imiknorris]

And Paul would be entirely correct.

[mainiac]

And Paul would be entirely correct.

An insane clock is right an insanely large number of times a day. 

[kaijyuu]

Wouldn't that make them... sane? If you know, they're right all the time.

I suppose the egregiousness of the times they are wrong could call into question their sanity.

[Urist Imiknorris]

A stopped clock is right twice a day, but one that runs backward is right four times (numbers-wise at least).

[Mego]

Calling the GOP candidates insane does not make you sane. It just means you're functioning on a very basic mental level. The next step up is breathing.

[Aqizzar]

Alright, I like space exploration as much as the next liberal nerd on the internet, but a moon base in eight years is totally unfeasible. Just return meaningful funding to NASA and let them do what they think is best.

Not to mention the whole "doesn't even have ONE term" thing.

Also missing the part where Gingrich's plan for a moonbase by 2020 (possibly large enough to apply for statehood, apparently) is to effectively eliminate NASA completely, and wait for the Invisible Hand of the Free Market to find some magical reason to go to the moon on spec.  This may include government "prizes" in the vein of the X-Prize, which I suppose is forward thinking in its own way.  Instead of throwing government money at a government-owned industry, just throw the money out the window and hope somebody does something useful with it.

[GlyphGryph]

Alright, I like space exploration as much as the next liberal nerd on the internet, but a moon base in eight years is totally unfeasible. Just return meaningful funding to NASA and let them do what they think is best.

A moon base in 8 years is totally feasible, assuming there was the political will to make it happen. As I said before, if I could trust his promises would actually lead to a moon base, I would vote for the man in a heartbeat - If we're going to have the government spend bunches of money on showing off how big their dick is (i.e. the military), let's at least do something actually impressive with it and advance some god damn SCIENCE.

But, as others have pointed out, Newt is not really being serious.

[palsch]

That's no moon...

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On the moonbase thing I actually have opinions^TM, but probably a bit technical to get into here.

[SalmonGod]

Personally, I'm ready to see some "South Korean legislature"-caliber brawling. The whole political theater aspect of it is starting to look like reality TV anyways, why not toss in some situational conficts which have been utterly literally engineered to explode in everyone's face?

Fix'd

[mainiac]

On the moonbase thing I actually have opinions^TM, but probably a bit technical to get into here.

Start a thread!  I would love some technical opinions myself.

If anyone is interesting, here's an old bill that Newt introduced in 1981 calling for space colonization: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/79483990

[Montague]

You guys are nuts. A project to build a moon base is a retarded idea and it would further bankrupt the country for no reason whatsoever.

Anyways, didn't GW Bush mention something about wanting to build a base on the moon toward the later parts of his presidency? Is this suddenly some sort of neo-conservative ideological goal now? I'm not feeling this moon base vibe at all, man.