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  • has he seen Apollo 18?? what an idiot!

  • *As if someone would reelect him. I wouldn't even elect him the first time.

  • USE THE BASE AS A DEATH RAY!!!!

  • I love this video but you guys could pick someone a lot better than the sub human slug who is Newt. You might want to check out what this guy has been up to for the last 30 years or so.

  • I love this video...but if you are looking to a sub human slug like Newt for inspiration....you might want to look into what he has been up to for the last 30 some odd years....you boys could pic someone a bit better to hook your star too....realy?

  • what would also be great? A WORKING ECONOMY!!!

  • There's already bases on the moon. That's why we never went back. We were warned not to come back.

  • DUH, thats such a no brainer i mean have you seen ironsky or at least the trailer

  • i think our tax dollars should go to more important thing like the pore because we don't NEED a moon base but we do need homes for the homeless and food for the starving

  • I think the space program in the US being dead is a very sad thought. But at the same time, there are so many other things that the money for that could go to. Maybe...education? My thinking is we should work hard to get our economy back on track, our education and health care system reformed and maybe some other things I'm just not thinking of and then we should revisit the Moon Base idea.

  • wow here i thought sourcefed was just gonna bash newt, but i am shocked, and glad. The future of the space race is in private industry. Private companies don't have to sit around waiting for Washington to give them some pork, Reason Magazine has had some great articles about this.

  • This man is running for President and he does not know????????

  • bad idea economically

    great idea AWESOMLEY

  • hell yeah

  • Or just stop bombing the middle east into oblivion and use that money for better education, science research, community projects, and space explorations.

    It just kinda seems more logical to spend our money here at home than trying to fix/reform regions on the other side of the globe that have extremely complex political issues that have persisted for thousands of years. We will bankrupt ourselves trying to police the middle east, and should concentrate on feeding and educating our own children.

  • @SpiderShane1 A fi de`Acord.

  • I think itz a good idea.

  • Hey America, just a thought... Before you guys fling yourselves to space, how about bagging that money to reconstruct your economy and in the mean time, learn the world map!!

    Hint: Africa is still a Continent not a country... I don't know that Ghanaian named Fred because I am NOT Ghanaian and NEVER have been to Ghana!!!

    ION: My heart just broke a little when I noticed that ring on Elliot's finger... #sadpanda

  • WHAT??! I Went to Space Camp too!!! Maybe we were in the same one!!

  • My grandparents live there xD

  • Offering prizes for scientific discovery is the perfect solution to American apathy. America used to be known for its inventions and innovations (see Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, etc.), but now we are content to be the place where McDonald's started. With all the screw ups we go through, it's about time we got back to that basis of technological advancement. It doesn't have to be the space program, but it has to start somewhere.

  • Why should the USA get rights to commercializing the moon? That seems like it would just start a lot of conflict.

  • @europegirlh2o cause we were there first bro. it was a race we won our prize moon ownership! :D i agree with you but i think its something the world will get in on.

  • I think its great, that way the moon colony can secede from the world and they can throw our tea out of the space shuttle.

  • Uh yes? Right now America is treading in water just trying to stay out of depression because nobody wants to risk all their energy. BUT a moon base represents an island, an objective, something that will make suffering worth while. I think this is an EXCELLANT idea. And not for the back burner, for NOW.

  • u guys are awesome....FUCK THE NEW WORLD ORDER!

  • but....theree's no ...what's the word.....money...? backburner? yes? anywone?

  • i would like "this is soucefed and we hope you full...unless your on a diet in which case just we'll feed you till your satisfied." - ummm now that i think of it...too short.

  • I want humans to get the fuck off the planet. The generations that came before me fucked it up pretty good and now going to live on the moon or Mars doesn't seem that bad.

  • @Kalroth i havea dream of going to Mars ^^ just saying. lol

  • They should be worrying about America not a moon colony! Hey Gingrich, haven't ya heard that Americans are in crisis!!

  • Outer Space Treaty lolwut.

  • Building a moon base is one of the most retarded things I have ever heard this year.

    Like any space program isn't wasting enough money. "Let's go build a moon base!" Herp derp

  • it should stay on the back burner. ron paul 2012

  • As much as I would love to live on the moon, I think they should spend the money on schooling.

  • Anyone else agree that building a base on the moon would be like building a structure in the middle of a massive desert that is thousands of miles away from ANYTHING, has hostile conditions such as radiation and lack of O2, and costs millions of dollars to get there. Not to mention how much it would cost to build.

  • Enders Game...Awesome!!

  • Space exploration is so far the highest (bad pun fully intended) achievement of humanity.

    Anyone that thinks it's not a good idea to INVEST MASSIVELY in the aerospace industry is missing a crucial point:

    - Our drive/thirst for knowledge and to constantly push towards exploring the unknown and all the scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs that this inevitable causes is the very reason we as a species are not living in caves anymore!!!

    Except if you're an Afghan camel fucker...

  • Rubber spaceships and cock sucking dinosuars.

  • Ever see The Time Machine!? STAY THE FUCK OFF THE MOON K?!

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  • I love Ender's Game! One of the best series ever.

  • Lets make Ron Paul the king of the moon so we can watch everyone kill each other and lose there rights on earth.

  • and when the check comes, how we going to pay for this?

  • youuuuu betcha!

  • you betcha...sounded too much like here in Minnesota. lmao

  • I don't know if newt knows this, but the moon is always getting hit by space rocks. That's where the craters come from. One, just one, of those rocks hitting the moonbase would destroy whatever it hit....bad idea right now.

  • moon base for tourists is appealing to the wealthy, i dont have any money to leave the country how am i going to get enough money to leave the planet lol

  • HOW STUPID ARE YOU PEOPLE...... NEWT GINGRICH WASN'T MAKING ANY PROMISES, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR NASA'S IDEA. NASA HAS HAD PLANS FOR YEARS A PERMANENT MOON BASE IN 2020. AND A PERMANENT BASE ON MARS IN 2040. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE DO YOUR RESEARCH.

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  • And Mass Effect, Joe. And Mass Effect.

    Backburner the moonbase idea for now. Just until 2050 when we finally have a balanced budget again.

  • Newt doesn't sound ambitious and full of American spirit, he sounds like a huge, arrogant, tool bag who is full of shit.

    Wait, maybe that is the American spirit.

  • Amercian moon base you betcha it's a good idea. Honestly I hope that the idea of space exploration does turn into the next big economic engine, it would be exciting to live during a time like that and the possibilities are endless, when you think about it one day we are going to have to leave this planet why not start planning and capitalizing on the idea now?

  • elliott's t-shirt is the greatest t-shirt of all time. so much love.

  • did you get permission to use that moon clip? No, time to band youtube.

  • Gingrich is an idiot. You betcha!

  • it's a waste!!!!!

  • I hate newt gingrich

  • *puke* The Sparrow is a sorry excuse for science fiction.

  • Definitely. America needs to invigorate its space program whether publicly through NASA or privately through companies like Falcon X or Virgin Galactic. Ideal combination; 10-20% government sort of leading the way and the rest private, taking over and doing it more efficiently.

  • How many times could we have gone to the moon and back with the money spent in Iraq, and Afghanistan? Somebody get a NASA director to tell us.

  • I think the mentally handicapped bagger at the grocery store would think it was a stupid idea to try to put a base on the moon. Newt ur a sad sack of political crap. hard to think about our next president could be this slimeball or our mormon friend romney who believes in mormon magic underwear.

  • retarded. Gingrich and Romney are just your typical figureheads. Santorums just a dumb ass. Ron pauls the only canidate with any credibility, or logic

  • @flintr94 humans... I may move to mars xD

  • Boobs in spaaaaaaaaaace

  • "this is sourcefed, and you've just been fed"

    ^

    l

    would be awesome

  • @991theguy Theres a channel called Force strategy gaming and they have a "show" called force feed. It covers most recent gaming news and he already has an ending "..., and you have just been force fed."

  • @991theguy you're retarded if that sounds 'kewl' to you

  • @991theguy "This is the source and you've just been fed" FTFY --- maybe...

  • @Synikal haha hi troll! Glad u dropped by! Not gonna take ur "I'll make 'em mad!" bait, so... Sunshine!

  • TO THE MOON ALICE!

  • THANK GOD THAT ANNOYING BITCH ISN'T IN THIS VIDEO.

  • Only rich as fuck people would be able to there

  • it sounds fun

  • At first I wanted to shoot Elliot in the face, but then he grew on me and now I love all of the cast.

  • Moon base now! Hmmm. . . Sounds like a movie.

  • ...you betcha....

  • Newt needs to stop acting like he can make it happen. If scientists and physicists want to do it they will with or without the help of the gov :/

  • i think Newt should go fuck himself..

  • what is all this about florida? we go to space from houston...

  • @jenshu7 Nope sorry, the Lydon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston is home to "mission control" and various training facilities. However, the actual space shuttle launches take place from the Kenedy Space Center and/or Cape Canaveral which is in Florida. So even though Houston does play a vital role, it's not exactly where "we go to space from".

  • @makius1400 Huh. I have been misled as a Texan. Not surprising, we are full of ourselves. Well would you look at that, I learned something today.

  • All Hail Grandiose Emperor of the Moon Newt Gingrich!

  • The USA going to the moon is a bit like taking a really expensive world cruise whilst you live on state benefits.

    use your money wisely America and look after your own people first.

  • @steviesmiler hahahaha couldnt agree more

  • newt read a few issues of JLA, give the guy a break. not his fault he cant read anything harder

  • YOOOOOOOOOOU betcha;]

  • How would giving our tax money to private companies lessen the burden on us?

  • welp... i know where im going to go for vacation if our next presidents catch line is "you bethcha'"....

  • lmao and the yanks make fun of Ahmadinejad!!

    Each one of their candidates is a nejad and Cahvez mixed in a blender with a hint of Kim Jung ill's ash

  • I want to go to the moon more than the next guy, but during such turbulent times under a supposed ruined economy thanks to Obama, going to the moon is not a good idea. How about we keep the deficit from going to the moon?... In its size... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

  • N2O is awesome! but like with everything you need to practice MODERATION!

  • Americans are so stupid, a base on the moon would destroy the already broke country that you live in. tsc

  • @sdfsdfs13 shhhh! Don't tell em.

  • @zlyable hehe

  • the space program does nothing but good for the economy. If it wasnt for the apollo program, plastic wouldn't exist.

  • Moon base, not excited... Flying car, now we're talking.

  • MOONBASE, MOONBASE, MOONBASE!!!!!!!

  • am loving the show so much!

  • Ender's game. Fuck yeah - essentially the premise of the origin story of the Halo Games come from!

  • U betcha

  • Stupid promise while discussing bugdet cuts

  • Yes lets take all that titanium ore before the chinese get it!

  • I live in Florida, right on the space coast.

    My father was laid off from there, there is absolutely no way this will get done because the professionals are either retired, dead, laid off, or too grumpy to do shit. Newt is feeding words that will never sufice

  • Newt might be a bit over over his head with the promise, and even if Im not living in the USA, I still say that YEAH! Let's give a shot to this, it will inspire a new generation.

    A permanent moonbase can become a source for a new industry, new jobs and so on. The possibilities are endless.

    It could even start another space-race, what could lead to rapid scientific discoveries all over the world.

    So, yes, good idea, Go for it! ;)

  • @thegwolf exactly, Most technological advances have been made during competition of two or more nations and a space race between major powers will do much more than cooperation between them.

  • Ol’ Brother Newt’s not really interesting in being the next President of the United States of America – now is he? As of this morning he’s down to $600,000 in his campaign war chest and Mit spent $13.6 million on TV commercials in Florida just last week.

    Bye-Bye Newt. This is what you get for channeling The Donald.

    Poor, dumb bastard.

  • Science should be used for knowledge. Not profit. A base on the moon? Stupid. Newt would colonize to make money, not for furthering of human knowledge.

  • fages

    

  • POW! To the moon.

  • Are you awesome?.... youuuuu betcha!!!

  • I have to disagree with Elliot Morgan, I like that every four years we have another President, because even if it is highly likely he will not follow through on his promises, it is better than living under the same man's rule indefinitely. Maybe a moon base will create jobs? I don't know. I do believe it is premature for Newt to promise a moon base so soon. John F. Kennedy was at least President when he made the promise to land a man on the moon.

  • ENDER'S GAME!!

  • @kimchae1 Love it!!! One of the best books ever!!

  • First off the Space Program ended due to the US wasting millions upon millions of dollars to sustain low earth orbit. There is only so much we can learn from that. Another reason it ended was to save money and develop new technologies that allow astronauts to be able to stay in space for longer then 6 month stents at a time and to travel a further distance(hint: Mars). To actually learn something new. Why build a base on a ball that is literally all rock and dirt? Oh and ancient Transformers!

  • HELLYA! Space camp ON THA MOON! you betcha!

  • No country is perfect, people will always find faults in anything. Ungrateful bastards we all are.

  • Start space program, watch the US burn :p

  • I agree that we need to venture out in to space and establish ourselves as a space faring species. But I'd prefer it to be Ron Paul as President.

  • Lets fix the economy first, then build a base. But I don't even think Newt is going to get elected anyways.

  • sure, let's build a moonbase, because you know, it's not like it only took us 3 years to build a football stadium (UoP) ON EARTH! 8 years seems like a reasonable timeline to build a moonbase (/sarcasm). Also jusy had this thought: the international space station was initally started in 1998, it's still not 100% finished... moonbase? only if te freaking sharks have freaking laser beams on their heads

  • fuck space

  • i want elliotts shirt.

  • Idk what purpose it could possibly serve. It's a waste of money

  • Starting work on a moon base will boost the economy. I just pray it not a ploy to give money to big companies for election help

  • hahaha

    you betcha.

    America

    and politicians fucking suck.

    we can only hope they choke on their own bullshit one day

  • It's the most ridiculous claim I've ever heard. He needs to get his head out of his ass and come back to reality! Okay I'm done.

  • I say the amazing potential of science to advance our species is more important than anything else in the world.. which doesn't make anything else less important, science is just super important. It's the reason I can type this comment or watch this video and the reason I'd probably survive if I had a seizure from doing so. Though I do think education is equally important because obviously it's a prerequisite to science, which in the end = major human advancement, hopefully on a galactic scale!

  • moon base, not right now. but trip to mars :) good idea. but the president should listen to what nasa already has planned and that was to skip another mission to the moon, and just land on a comet.

  • joe bereta, you know you look kinda like seth rogan? love you guys!

  • why stop at the moon? Newt should have just promised that the Vulcans would contact us after we perfect warp technology. I agree that we should have lofty goals, but how about we change our eduction system to help facilitate those lofty goals how about that for a QOTD?

  • HA.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Isn't NASA gone?

  • HELL YEAH its a good idea space is awesome we need more science for the future!

  • We need to get more and more into space exploration. We have almost finished making this planet a giant landfill, so we need new garbage dumps.

  • LASER CATS!!!

  • that money should be used on other things and why should we learn more about space when we haven't discovered everything on our planet?

  • Go space stuff :D

  • i say we have to do it before china or russia does

  • wow am just glad to see that another Bush is trying to take office..... hmm.....now am excited!!

  • what movie was that? Moon i cant really make out what he said.

  • Thumbs up to Joe Barettas' mention of "Ender's Game". Now my question to Joe, how many of th books has he read in the series?

  • Moon rocked!!

  • WE are in a down econime to focus on the moon is stupid!

  • you can only have a base on the moon, according to the outer space treaty of 67, if you don't arm it; which may prove hard for the us. also you can't legally own anything that's not from earth. fun fact (because i'm cool like that): if you spend thousands of dollars to buy a moon rock, it'll never belong to you.

  • @codenameGIZM0 but maybe a creative legal argument can be made that the Moon is actually "from Earth" since strong evidence indicates that it was formed out of a massive collision and Earth debris coalesced to for the Moon.

  • Worst idea ever (in the current economic climate).

  • Build it! That would be amazing

  • Tourism on the moon? I already know I can't afford it. ("_ _)

  • I also love Enders game. A great book. Do I think there will be a moon base in 20 years?... Eh, probably not.

  • It should definitely be put on hold. We have far bigger problems than whether or not we get to monopolize the moon or not. Newt needs to be FIRED!

  • Can we please skip the bullshit and build a death star?

  • Daedalus? Arzachel? Ptolemaeus moon base?

  • :)

    

  • F THE MOON WHERE OUT CASH= NO MORE GAMES

  • we couldnt even get the materials on the moon in 8 years...

  • going to the moon again is going to come to bite me on the ass, because what ever happens in America(economically) affects everything in the world. so i'm happy just watching movies about the moon, much less expensive and guaranteed to make my brain feel good.

  • Holy shit, this whole private company moon stuff sounds like my debate case from this year...

  • i used to like you, joe

    no more, no more =(

  • Oh my. This guy's INSANE. Check out NewtTheTruth dot c o m

  • The USA ALREADY HAD a planned mission to the moon for 2020 BEFORE Newt promised it. It is called the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. He promised something you ALREADY HAVE and NONE of you Americans, not one of you even knew it! Talk about uninformed!

  • WELL SAWWWWWWWRRRY! YEESH.

  • PUT A BASE ON THE MOOOOON!

  • It is a good thing not just for science but also the economy. It would basically act like a fiscal policy.

  • Man, that cat shirt totally rocks!

  • :) this amused me much