Republican Newt Gingrich has made the bold promise to establish an American space colony on the Moon by the end of his term (if he is elected). In fact, he even introduced a bill back in 1981 called the "Northwest Ordinance for Space," to govern it.

Well Newt, we just want to let you know that NASA has your back. (h/t to @jstrevino)

In fact, they've already come up with 180 seperate reasons (.pdf) that the U.S. should establish a base on the moon (in fact, they compiled them back in 2006).