Neal Boortz interviewed newt Gingrich on his show and the former Speaker provided some perspective on space exploration by this country:

Now I can't remember if we had this conversation during a commercial break, or during the actual show, but Newt came up with an interesting idea regarding space exploration. I know I'm going to get this wrong, but Newt said something to the effect that the United States would be much further along in the exploration of space, and in the realization of benefits from that exploration, if we were willing to assume the same level of risk that NASCAR accepts. There would be no shortage of volunteers who would be willing to accept that risk level in order to participate in space exploration. Instead, we try to make space exploration as safe as walking across your living room to pick up a magazine.

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