Not only is Newts plan for lunar statehood completely insane—its also against the law! Not just any law, but space law, the most powerful of all laws, because it comes from the sky. Sorry, Newt.BuzzFeed points out that Gingrichs plan for an emphatically American moon colony and resultant 51st Moon State violates the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which was pitched by the USSR, UK, and USA. Back then, the worry was putting nukes on the moon pointed at Moscow and/or Washington. Fast forward several decades, and its spoiling Candidate Gingrichs low-gravity wet dream. click below to read more
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