You’re right, only Newt was talking about manned moon bases in Florida a few days ago - that’s what got him all the latest grandiose, unstable remarks. One of Willard Your Worst Nightmare’s surrogates said Newt must have read too many sci-fi books as a kid... only the moon base endeavor is already underway... it’s just a lot of really ignorant people don’t know about it - so they belittle Newt, who does.
There are also some excellent military tech articles about the national security repercussions if either Russia or China beat us there... I don’t much read stuff like that.. Newt also said, contrary to what’s being reported, that he would like the private sector to foot 90% of the bill, with the govt incentivizing with tax breaks, prizes, etc.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/russia-us-moon-base-nasa-dpgonc-20110119-to-_17194074
“Russia is talking with the US and Europe on plans to create a manned research base on the moon, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday.
Roscosmos is discussing the possibilities for a permanent moon base with officials from NASA and the European Space Agency, the agency’s chief, Vladimir Popovkin said.
“We don’t want man to just step on the moon,” Popovkin told Vesti FM radio station, according to the Ria Novosti news agency. “Today, we know enough about it, we know that there is water in its polar areas ... we are now discussing how to begin [the moon’s] exploration with NASA and the European Space Agency.”
He said the plan was either to set up a base on the moon or launch a station to orbit around it.”
Russia also is planning to send two unmanned mission to the moon by 2020, Popovkin said.
China moonbase 2002:
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/5/22/181737.shtml
Newt is and always has been a man of vision. If someone doesen’t expect America to recover and to remain the leader of the world they would not expect or have a vision of such a grand achievement. I would only expect this of a man who believes in America and a positive future for America. I can’t help but notice that Romney mocked his Moon Base idea, if you recall the Moon Base he proposed was a plce to launch the manned Mars expedition.