BRYAN PRESTON: Debate Score: Lots of Heat, Little Sunshine in Florida’s Republican Debate.
Gingrich should never have talked about a colony on the moon. His idea of loosening regulations and offering prizes to encourage private enterprise in space makes a great deal of sense, but it wouldn’t lead to a commercial colony on the moon, at least not for a very long time. The market would be primarily space tourism, satellites, commercial use of orbital space. He looks like a geek surrounded by grownups, not really a fair characterization but one that Gingrich invited.
On the other hand, Romney — who should have said the above — came across like a know-nothing on space policy, yet again.
UPDATE: Coming: A space-based anti-Romney ad featuring Burt Rutan?