Newt Gingrich has a Plan for Space! (Space News #3)

So good ol' Newt has revealed himself as a space enthusiast and has some pretty grandiose plans which I discuss in this video.

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http://epicfuturespace.wordpress.com/

Video courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Space (TV Channel)
• Star
• Newt
• Newt Gingrich
• Mitt Romney
• political
• moonbase
• commercial
• Election

[jaimshynba]

@OTmikhail Thanks for honestly displaying your excitement about Gingrich's space ideas. It seems like he does speak a lot of truth about our programs's necessary future. It's really hard to believe that he would make a Moon base a serious priority though.

It's easy to see why other space enthusiasts have had such a negative reaction to his announcement. The guy seems like he has some serious scumbag qualities.

I love your videos BTW. I wish you a large audience.

[OTmikhail]

@jaimshynba I agree with a lot of people's reaction to Newt, but at the same time I gotta give him props for bringing attention to space ideas in general.

Thanks for liking my videos, I wish I had a larger audience too, so i could become a partner and make enough money to do this full time. But I guess I could use all the help I can get. Tell all your friends about me.

[KKM121]

Gingrich promises to set up a permanent Moon base by the end of his 2nd term.

America got to the Moon in such a hurry that the technology became unsustainable. The designs were too expensive to reproduce in the long run.

Will this be a problem again if the US rush a Moon base??

[OTmikhail]

@KKM121 maybe, but a few miracles would need to happen before NASA took this up.

[OTmikhail]

@KKM121 maybe, but a few miracles would need to happen before NASA took this up.

[suckit2u1]

what can u tell ur followers about vasimr? how reliable is and when can we expect to see it in full development ?

[OTmikhail]

@suckit2u1 I'll answer that in an ask mike episode sometime soon.

[KKM121]

@OTmikhail You can consider contacting astrospherevids (Weekly Space Hangout) and see if the two channels can promote each other's show.

[OTmikhail]

@pedroprague As cool as these ideas are i doubt that they will come to fruition under a NASA program, maybe international, but most likely commercial.

[OTmikhail]

@HeliosWorksAV here here

[OTmikhail]

@RobertVollrath just remember whatever your "screen" is that it is perfectly flat with no wrinkles. As far as Newt is concerned I think he's a pompous ass and will never vote for him, but as far as space goes, he does have cool ideas.

[ThePlainswolf]

Bigelow Aerospace and SpaceX together could easily put a small base on the Moon for a fraction the cost it would take the government or NASA to do it.