Title: Gingrich: Moon Could Be 51st State Source:
You Tube URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrKF9v-4zUI Published:Jan 26, 2012 Author:Congressman Moonbean Post Date:2012-01-26 16:51:25 by jwpegler Keywords:None Views:7620 Comments:25
I think there are international regulations in place to keep any one country from claiming anything in outspace as their own. There were international regulations in place to prevent George Bush from waging a war against a country that didn't attack us (Iraq).
Which is a recorded part of your typical kneejerk response that has nothing to do whatsoever with Gingrich and the claim he wanted to make the moon the 51st state.
According to this idiot's logic, if we shipped enough Americans to Antarctica, we could make that continent a new state if there are enough of them to petition to become a state. Never mind we are signatories to a treaty that preserves that continent as a preserve there for humanity's common good.
As someone who is formerly a member of the military, I know the moon with it's shallow gravity well is high ground. Anyone there can cheaply launch anything to Earth what they want because of the low escape velocity of Luna.
So, when there are lunar colonies budgeted for and timetables set to accomplish the establishment of them, it will be something several countries will do as soon as one country sets in stone their plan to establish a base there.
Not everyone is going to sit back and watch the U.S. violate treaties on Luna and be the one power that can say to everyone else to do what they say, or a sustained bombardment of nuclear weapons will fall on them where it is expensive and difficult to retaliate against those doing this.
Newt is out of his mind on many things, but way overboard in la la land in this bander to Florida voters.
The treaty on Luna under the auspices of the United Nations is between nations. And no, we do not own our moon. In any event, when one nation launches an earnest attempt to go to Luna to establish a base, you can count on other nations responding by doing the same thing.
Competition between nations is a natural thing, and we will not stop them from going, as we absolutely, positively do not own Luna.
Mike is probably thinking of a Luna-rock brought back from the Moon a few decades ago when the US was rich & famous. I don't. All I see is a Luna-Stone, AKA Stone.
A moon is a satellite in orbit around a planet. Many planets have several moons, we have one. They all have names, usually laymen just call this one 'the moon' because it's our moon.
If you are on Mars, it is not 'the moon,' it's the Earth's moon, 'Luna.' It can't be 'the moon' from the that vantage point, as it is orbitting a different planet then you are standing on.
If you are standing on another planet and call a celestial body not orbiting the planet you are in the gravity well of, you are on drugs if you cal it 'the moon.'
