http://www.gadling.com/2012/01/26/presidential-hopeful-promises-travel-to-the-moon-mars/ Renewed interest in travel to the Moon and Mars? It was just the song that Florida voters wanted to hear. After a virtual grounding of the U.S. space program not long ago, the promise yesterday by republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich to bring multiple daily launches to Florida was music to their ears. A permanent base on the Moon and new technology that would enable quick flights to Mars sweetened the deal.
Yeeeeeee-hawwwwwwwwwwww!!! He's got my vote, right there! And for a vice-presidential candidate, well, Allen West is from Florida . . . ;-)
And see
Newt Gingrich Defends Space Exploration, Moon Colony During GOP Debate In Florida (VIDEO) for more