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PoliGAF Jan 26 Debate/Florida Primary Topic
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AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
He just has to say, "Let me be very clear, moon, we are putting bases on you."
Astronauts will be on their feet.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Forget the moon. We goin to Mars. M-A-R-S. MARS, bitches. Red rocks. YAY-YAY.
Invisible_Insane
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Why would we even want one?
And how can conservatives coherently be screaming about the deficit and then proposing ridiculous shit like this?
And if they think it's ok because it will boost employment, then why don't we do something productive with it? Christ.
Well that will save us a lot of money.
With the amazing talent of NASA - powered by noble Floridians - and the visionary leadership of the Gingrich, anything is possible.
This guy is something else.
Because of awesome.
Invisible_Insane
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I've been railing against this for the last couple of days, but I'll go in again: manned spaceflight is a huge waste of time. In the short term, I don't see what putting bodies in space accomplishes that droids couldn't, except putting extraordinary amounts of human capital at risk. Particularly if we want to establish a colony.
And to what end? Is there unobtanium
(Fuck you, Cameron, for insulting the intelligence of everyone who sat through that movie. Mechs with a tac knife, ffs)
Fixed.
Yeah it's called Helium 3. That's what Gingrich refers to with his 'mining colony' statements.
I've always thought that Newt was a fat puzzle wrapped around an (even fatter) enigma. He seems to be as religious as Bachmann or Perry, but also seems to have this amazing fascination with science, even if he doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
I don't get that.
I don't get that.
el retorno
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You didn't highlight the craziest part
The moon will be part of the US!
Seriously though. As my british friend just said. How is this guy even close to being president.
Your fixage newtered my intended Florida pander.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
Banned
Our generation's JFK.
For those who haven't seen it, Newt has a lot of brilliant ideas.
http://www.businessinsider.com/newt-gingrich-crazy-ideas-2011-12?op=1
I don't do this very often, but my expression as I read that mirrored this closely.
Invisible_Insane
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Everyone saw it. That movie was fucking terrible.
Vicetrailia
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So Gingrich's true ambition all along was to start his own ideal world on the moon.
Clearly Newt thinks that the brave citizens of Florida would have MORE appreciation for him after Newt reminds them of how amazing he is at everything.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Let's send him into space to start a little Newt colony somewhere.
Invisible_Insane
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That sounds like the set-up for a classic Trek episode.
Edit: ah. I just looked up Die Another Day on Wikipedia. I didn't realize how closely the "space weapon" mirrored Gingrich's idea.
Shitty Bond movie or not, I'm not going to scoff at the idea just because it's a little out there.
It's perfectly fine to laugh at having a moon colony by 2020, though.
Edit: ah. I just looked up Die Another Day on Wikipedia. I didn't realize how closely the "space weapon" mirrored Gingrich's idea.
Shitty Bond movie or not, I'm not going to scoff at the idea just because it's a little out there.
It's perfectly fine to laugh at having a moon colony by 2020, though.
Manned spaceflight in the 60s was responsible for a large amount of innovations that we take for granted today.
Neil Degrasse Tyson said in an interview a while ago that Gingrich was his pick if he had to pick a republican candidate because he was the only one legitimately interested in science.
Invisible_Insane
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And attempting to put robots in space wouldn't require any innovation? I'm asking why there should be any reason to prefer putting people in space over robots when they can do pretty much all the same things?
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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People can reproduce, colonize and spread our wonderous seed everywhere. Let's see a robot do that.
But they can't do all of the same things. Having a manned colony in space would give us a chance to learn a lot more about the human body, and creating a colony to accommodate humans would require a lot of innovations and new technologies that a robot colony wouldn't.
When it comes to our tax dollars being properly spent I'm still trying to figure out the obsession with OUR moon. Now Europa with its possible liquid oceans, that's a moon worth sinking some dollars into. Titan with an atmosphere, oceans, lakes, rainfall, and actual seasons, that's also a moon well worth discovering.
When it comes to natural satellites our moon is desolate and boring.
When it comes to natural satellites our moon is desolate and boring.
RustyNails
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I don't know why you guys are hating on Newt's moon colony plan. That's the last thing to hate the guy on. As if Obama and the democrats have any semblance of a space exploration plan in their offices and last I remember, this Congress gutted NASA. I want colonies on moon too, maybe 50 years from now. At least when Newt is president, he'll be funding his space colony program out the ass.
The Librarian
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You're suggesting robotic technology was advanced enough in the '60s to do all the things a person can do?
Do you not believe that one of the greatest accomplishments of mankind is the moon landing of 1969?
el retorno
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Because its so out there, an unrealistic timetable and he wants to make the moon a US state.
That and it flys flat in the face of the government can't do anything right.
I do want more space though and I'd guess that would be an upside of a newt presidency.
Not really it's pretty much what he is. He's a guy who has a giant ego, likes the "epic" and wants to be a giant historical figure. Space is right up his ally.
Invisible_Insane
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No, I'm saying it is now.
I think it was a neat trick. I don't see a compelling reason to repeat it.
Al-ibn Kermit
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I got that he wanted to make the colony simply for mining the He3. But why would we want to put a mining colony on the moon in 2020 when we're still decades away from having nuclear fusion power plants?
el retorno
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Invisible_Insane
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BECAUSE CHINA AND JERBS
We do have a black president. The time is right.
speculawyer
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"At one point early in my career I introduced the northwest ordinance for space and I said when we got -- I think the number is 13,000 -- when we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon they can petition to become a state,"
In a way, it is so cute. It is like he is a child.
For those who have not seen it: Supervillain or Newt?
In a way, it is so cute. It is like he is a child.
For those who have not seen it: Supervillain or Newt?
el retorno
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When are we going to here this again?"At one point early in my career I introduced the northwest ordinance for space and I said when we got -- I think the number is 13,000 -- when we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon they can petition to become a state,"
In a way, it is so cute. It is like he is a child.
For those who have not seen it: Supervillain or Newt?
"At one point early in my career I introduced the northwest ordinance for space and I said when we got -- I think the number is 13,000 -- when we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon they can petition to become a state,"
In a way, it is so cute. It is like he is a child.
For those who have not seen it: Supervillain or Newt?
I'll vote for Newt if he promises to take every right wing nut and put them on the moon so we don't have to listen to their batshit insane ideas and thoughts.
But then they'd petition to become a state...we can just pretend they don't exist.
speculawyer
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So Cantor blamed Obama for the fact that Buffet's secretary pays higher taxes than Warren Buffet?
Have they no shame? Are their followers that stupid?
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71944.html#ixzz1kXRIOF1x
Have they no shame? Are their followers that stupid?
yes and yes
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