lol.... Point made!
I think Newt did go waaaaay overboard on that bit about a Moon base. I believe he was stretching to make his point that the Obama administration should not have shut down NASA regarding our abilities to launch space vehicles and continue to explore near space. ....Instead of being dependant on Russia (at a huge cost) to give us a lift to the space station and bring us back home, I think Newt was just trying to indicate that we should not abandon our own space program capabilities (but he did screw up with the Moon base thing).