Last week, a certain presidential candidate (Newt G. no
wait, that’s too obvious. N. Gingrich) made quite the campaign promise. If elected,
he promised that by the end of his second term in office he would make sure we
have a permanent moon base and manned missions Mars. Really? A moon base?
Americans are fighting to find jobs and keep their homes and you are concerned
about a moon base?
Call me crazy, but last time I checked, a shiny new moon
base is last on voter’s priority list…right after increasing the deficit and raising
politician’s salaries. Dear Presidential Candidate—do you have any idea what
that would cost? And did anyone on your staff tell you that moon bases don’t
grow on trees? My husband reminded me that this candidate is not the first
person to consider building a moon base (click here to see video clip of a previous moon base attempt). I’ve already decided that space travel is not for
me, and I’m pretty sure my fellow Americans would agree that perhaps we should focus
our efforts here before we shoot for the moon.
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