Fighting over space

Gingrich wants to revive the Bush concept of a lunar base. Romney thinks it's a boondoggle.  Newt asks what people are even doing at NASA HQ anymore, and Ron Paul wants to colonize the moon, but only with politicians. There's some pandering here, of course, but when is the last time space was even discussed at the national level? That's one part of the political slugfest I'll actually be paying attention to.