Newt has to be for big governemnt. Because only a giant powerful central government could impliment ideas like Newt’s “Mirrors in Space....” Or Moon Base “NEWTron”.
Crazy Moon base...
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=35264
Shackleton Energy Company: Humans to Return to the Moon by 2019
http://www.space.com/10619-mining-moon-water-bill-stone-110114.html
Mining the Moon’s Water: Q & A with Shackleton Energy’s Bill Stone
http://www.space.com/9430-solar-system-start-moon.html
Want to Mine the Solar System? Start With the Moon
Columbus took his plan first to Genoa and then to Venice but was rejected there too. He then went to the Spanish monarchy of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon, in 1486. Their nautical experts too were skeptical and initially, Columbus was rejected. The idea however, must have intrigued the monarchs, for they kept Columbus on a retainer. But their focus was on a war with the Muslims and Columbus would have to wait.
Columbus continued to lobby the royal court and soon after the Spanish army captured the last Muslim stronghold in Granada in January of 1492, the monarchs agreed to finance his expedition. In August of 1492, Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña along side. After thirty-six days of sailing, Columbus and several crewmen set foot on an island in the present day Bahamas, claiming it for Spain.
http://www.biography.com/people/christopher-columbus-9254209
The failure of Roanoke was expensive, and, with the war against Spain still raging, Elizabeth made it clear that there was no money for colonization ventures. When peace came in 1604, private funds rather than the royal treasury financed English settlement in North America.
I’m sure glad these fellas didn’t get laughed at...
How about learning a little bit about what is actually going on in the world before you bot off with the anti-Newt stuff... there is a very serious national security issue at the heart of it...
(excerpt) “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. The comments come after a string of high profile space failures by the Russians.”
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/russia-us-moon-base-nasa-dpgonc-20110119-to-_17194074
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Chinese moon base 2002
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/5/22/181737.shtml