Governor of Moonlandia!!

Recently (ok, maybe not that recent) GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich opted for a US moon colony at the end of his second term. Here's the video, it explains itself.

  I mean, seriously? We can't even break out of orbit anymore. Here are a couple of reasons why we shouldn't and currently DON'T have a moon base.

1. Funding. For obvious reasons, NASA's budget has been cut due to us owing a significant amount of money to China and everyone else. Our pockets are shallow and so is our creative spark. Ok, you can compare your self to Lincoln and Kennedy about transcontinental railroads and a man on the moon. We're turning the linings of our pockets inside out and I don't think that'll be enough to creat a colony on the moon, of 13000 or some people.

2. The sheer impossibility of it. No one is going to survive for a period of time longer than three days on the moon, let alone their whole entire life. And since when did scientists figure out how to grow food that needs no natural sunlight and energy or water? We can't just transport it all there every week. We might as well colonize Mars, at least that place has water. (Mars needs moms)

3. You're on a time limit, Gingrich. The end of your second term. That is considering if you're elected and people like you long enough to vote for you again, and if you can get a moon base built in eight years, which is highly unlikely. Does anyone notice all the ifs I'm putting in? Some stuff is easier said than done. And if the moon colony is created, we all think that Newt will call it Moonlandia and retire to be its governor, hence the title.


So that ends the reasoning of a moon base by the end of 2020, which brings us to our QOD:
Do you really think it's even possible, and if it is, do you think anyone can survive up there for more than a year?

I like stars better.