Cocoa, Florida–Newt Gingrich says several thousand people today there would be “a permanent base on the Moon” and revolutionary focus on another program space at the end of a second term as President.
GOP presidential candidate said he had a “romantic beliefs really are part of our destiny,” adding that the current state of the space program was a “tragedy.”
Gingrich, a former speaker of the House, said it will also “perpetual propulsion system” which will allow travel to Mars in a period of time.
Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney has been mocking Gingrich to proposals for a colony on the Moon-comment Gingrich said that shows the difference between “romantic” and “called practical people.”
Gingrich said the idea that people could live a day in the month or easily explore space will inspire children and innovators of the future to make the dream of as it happens.