Soace Notables Endorse Presidential Candidate Mitt Romnev

摘要

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney received die endorsement of former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin and seven other space notables Jan. 27, four days before winning a Florida primary contest that shined a fleeting spotlight on U.S. space policy.Romney's main rival in Florida's winner-take-all Republican presidential primary, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, made headlines when he promised during a campaign stop near NASA's Kennedy Space Center that the United States would have a permanent base on the Moon- built wifh private financing and government-sponsored prize money - by 2020 if he is elected president this November.Romney ridiculed Gingrich for his pledge and accused him of pandering to Florida's Space Coast voters.