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“Newt Gingrich… In Space!”

By: Josh LeGuern (Diary)  |  January 25th, 2012 at 08:51 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

I think he’s completely sincere and I would understand why, in Florida, he would want to highlight his plans on this, but in my opinion Newt shouldn’t make this a corner stone of his agenda or his platform.

The fact of the matter is the Chinese and the Russians are trying to figure out ways to weaponize space and it’s the core reason for much of their investment into space exploration.

There is a practical reason for us to go back into space with gusto, but in the midst of an economic crisis it sounds like a B-movie.

Stick to the economy Newt.

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  • acat

    .. and yes, that includes Tang .. as well as other much more useful developments helped change the world.

    I’ll agree that space is a chicken-and-egg problem, i.e. there’s not much point in mining and manufacturing on the moon without a space-based market .. but without manufacturing outside the earth’s gravity well, there’s no way to grow a market….

    This cat is more interested, though, in seeing what a more privatized NASA can do. (take a look at recent X-Prize winners, for example)

    Mew

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