Putting school kids to work. Newt Gingrich recently said something like that and the left all put him down.

When you empower people, (children) they get self esteem and then all things are possible.

Great video. Great idea. Great teacher. We could all use more teachers like that.

Can it fire Newt Gingrich's marshmellow like head?

>> ^bmacs27:

>> ^Quboid:
I want to have NDT's babies so much, I'm prepared to get gender reassignment surgery. That guy's great!

At first I thought you meant NLG, and I got a little scared. In any event... I don't think it works that way.


It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them! Don't you oppress me!

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>> ^Quboid:

I want to have NDT's babies so much, I'm prepared to get gender reassignment surgery. That guy's great!


At first I thought you meant NLG, and I got a little scared. In any event... I don't think it works that way.

Thanks Mr. Gingrich for bringing this important info to my attention, but I think you're an incompetent, scumbag douche as well.

>> ^renatojj:

The usual excuse for space exploration being done by government is because the costs involved are too high.
However, doesn't the private sector tend to increase quality and lower costs with time? Maybe if we let the private sector grow and develop the necessary technologies, space exploration won't be as costly. Sure, it might take a lot more time, but at least it won't waste as much resources.
Right now, we don't have resources in the private or public sectors for this. Newt is a dumbass.


Private sector business can't take risks this big. They are responsible for ensuring profitability and you cannot ensure profitability in a venture like space exploration. Central government doesn't have the profit mandate and so they can invest in things that stimulate paradigm shifts in technology and industry.

An example; I worked for my local utility company several years back (recently privatized at the time). Wind energy was a big thing and they company was very active in promoting their wind energy program. But the truth that I found was they had actually spent more money on trying to push laws to seal government gathered data that would be necessary for the wind industry to grow. You see, they didn't want to develop wind energy just yet because the profit margin was too small but they also didn't want any energy startups who were willing to accept the thinner profit margins to get a leg up on them. Nearly a decade later and that large energy company still hasn't developed their wind power any further. And there haven't been any major challengers in the market....wonder why.

The largest industries are controlled by the largest corporations and these corporations are in the business of protecting their existing revenue streams. Innovation and exploration involve risk and corporations are risk averse by their very design. Private industry is not the machine that will push boundaries and stimulate technological paradigm shifts. That takes a large entity with no profit mandate. That takes a central government.

If you believe that profitability is the best measure of value and efficiency then you haven't thought really hard on the matter. A functioning and successful society requires a balance between capital driven entities and entities who measure their success in terms of the health and advancement of the community. This isn't a matter of capitalism versus socialism. It's contrasting motivations that work in synergy.

>> ^quantumushroom:

There's already a restaurant on the moon. Decent food but no atmosphere.


The Moon Wok?

Gingrich should also be in jail right about now, or at least under FBI investigation due to the fact he was an unregistered lobbyist:

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2012/01/26/newt-gingrich-lies-about-his-lobbyist-past/

http://crew.3cdn.net/3264278372ee12f31d_ifm6b524i.pdf

>> ^Tman:
I'm not sure I follow deGrasse Tyson's logic. So we need to build a moon base to spark interest in science and engineering because we are falling behind the rest of the world in these areas. What is sparking interest in science and engineering in the rest of the world? Are they all planning on building a moon base?
No, they aren't. I think we are falling behind for other reasons (e.g., a broken education system) and incurring massive debt for grandiose manned space exploration projects will not help the issue.
I love the idea of space exploration, but it is something a rich government should undertake. Our's is broke.

He did say "for me...", although I would disagree that it's a primary reason for doing so instead of just a really positive side-effect. Personally, I think the reasons for returning to the moon and beyond are greater than most of us can assimilate given the immensity of world problems nowadays. But, there will always be world problems. Why wait?

I read somewhere that we could have financed two (or more) manned missions to Mars with the money we spent in Iraq. In the long-term future of humans (assuming we survive long enough to become truly space-faring), which do you think would have greater benefitted our species? Which will history regard as an important stepping stone in human advancement/evolution? Getting Saddam and destroying the infrastructure of an entire country, not to mention the tens of thousands of lives lost, or, the cooperation of nations in getting to Mars.

Space exploration doesn't have to be just an idea, and it shouldn't be.

Hear that?

Thats the sound of a presidential candidate withdrawing from the race.....welcome Newt Gingrich as the next republican candidate....

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