Thursday, January 26, 2012

Gingrich Promises Mooning Colony by 2020

4 comments:

zencomix said...

Why wait?!

Fearguth said...

Newt wants it to be the crown jewel of the second Gingrich administration.

Vigilante said...

Look it up, Fearguth: Didn't Geo Bush promise us a man on Mars during his 2nd term? My memory can't be that bad.....?

Fearguth said...

Yep, Vig:

Saying "the desire to explore and understand is part of our character," President Bush Wednesday unveiled an ambitious plan to return Americans to the moon by 2020 and use the mission as a steppingstone for future manned trips to Mars and beyond.

"We do not know where this journey will end, yet we know this -- human beings are headed into the cosmos," Bush said. "Mankind is drawn to the heavens for the same reason we were once drawn into unknown lands and across the open sea. We choose to explore space because doing so improves our lives and lifts our national spirit." (January 15, 2004)