Gingrich vows to establish permanent base on moon by 2020, says little about paying for it [View all]

[icymist]

COCOA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he’s elected president.

Gingrich, the former House speaker, told an overflow crowd gathered on Florida’s space coast Wednesday that he wants to develop a robust commercial space industry in line with the airline boom of the 1930s. He also wants to expand exploration of Mars.
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