Humor, Political Commentary, Space Newt.In.Space! January 26, 2012 Rand Simberg 3 Comments Katherine Mangu-Ward has found the Newt-ET connection.
I’m just now reading the NSF.com thread about Newt’s speech. I hadn’t looked at it until now. I saw the following comment: Substantive, reasonable, and courageous speech. He will be mocked mercilessly for it. Sadly, that’s probably true.
Here is the actual text of Gingrich’s bill regarding lunar statehood: http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/newt-gingrichs-laws-for-governing-a-space-colony
If you don’t want to read the whole thing, you can scroll to the last page for the statehood part. But the whole thing is interesting: In a rather Gore-like move, Gingrich (sort-of) invents the, um, world wide web, (kind of).
I’m just now reading the NSF.com thread about Newt’s speech. I hadn’t looked at it until now. I saw the following comment:
Substantive, reasonable, and courageous speech.
He will be mocked mercilessly for it.
Sadly, that’s probably true.
Here is the actual text of Gingrich’s bill regarding lunar statehood:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/newt-gingrichs-laws-for-governing-a-space-colony
If you don’t want to read the whole thing, you can scroll to the last page for the statehood part. But the whole thing is interesting: In a rather Gore-like move, Gingrich (sort-of) invents the, um, world wide web, (kind of).