At the CNN Debate in Florida on Thursday night, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was asked if he would support a manned base on the moon as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has proposed.
“That’s an enormous expense and right now I want to be spending money here,” Romney said. “Of course the space coast has been badly hurt and I believe in a very vibrant and strong space program…I’m not looking for a colony on the moon. I think the cost of that would be in the hundreds of billions if not trillions. I would rather rebuild housing here in the U.S.”
