by Newt Gingrich

As I watched the SpaceX launch be postponed Wednesday due to weather, I could not help but remember President John F. Kennedy’s words at Rice University on Sept. 12, 1962, when he said:

“We choose to go to the Moon not because it's easy, but because it's hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.”

Callista and I were watching the C-SPAN broadcast of the NASA coverage, and we were both very excited. In fact, Callista said it was the most excited she had been about a space launch in years.

Earlier, we had watched President Trump and Melania and Vice President Pence and Karen as they toured the launch facility. President Trump is the most pro-space President since Kennedy, and Vice President Pence is the most pro-space Vice President in history.

They have already achieved a great deal with the creation of the US Space Force, which is moving steadily into a new world of American capabilities in space. They have also achieved an amazing amount by advocating for their Moon-Mars development project. They are working to return Americans to the Moon by 2024 – this time to stay – so we can move forward to develop Mars and ultimately explore the rest of our solar system. This will open the door to mining asteroids and other celestial bodies and profoundly expand our understanding of the universe.

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