File Photos: This combo of photos shows (L) the full moon behind clouds on early December 21, 2010, seen from the northeastern German town of Petersdorf (Photo by Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images) and (R) Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop at Bennett Packaging Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo/File)
Newt Gingrich, we have a problem. At least that’s what space experts said after the Republican presidential candidate proposed a seemingly impossible space plan for America, which included flights to Mars by 2020 and a plan to have 13,000 Americans inhabit the moon. Space experts called the former House speaker’s proposal “a gimmick” to lure Florida voters.
Gingrich put forth the plan about a week before the primary in the Sunshine State, whose economy relies heavily on the space industry.
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