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- The Moonprentice: Newt Gingrich wants ‘reality show’ contest with Musk and Bezos to colonize Luna
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Monday 19 August 2019
A coalition including Michael Jackson’s former publicist, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and an Air Force general want US president Donald Trump to turn the race to colonize the moon into a reality show-esque contest between billionaires. The proposal, obtained by Politico, would offer up a paltry $1B to any involved party able to land a “roomy, comfortable human base on the Moon,” and another $1B to the company that can maintain that base. Two billion dollars may seem like a nice chunk of change to most of us, but the same report says NASA‘s currently spending that much per…
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