{"id":77984,"date":"2018-04-22T06:42:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T13:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/newt-gingrich-a-glimpse-of-americas-future-in-space-in-2024"},"modified":"2018-04-22T06:42:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T13:42:20","slug":"newt-gingrich-a-glimpse-of-americas-future-in-space-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/newt-gingrich-a-glimpse-of-americas-future-in-space-in-2024","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich: A glimpse of America\u2019s future in space in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/newt-gingrich-a-glimpse-of-americas-future-in-space-in-2024.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two historic events happened this past week that will lay the groundwork for the future of American space exploration.<\/p>\n<p>First, after a close vote in the Senate, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla. \u2013 a former Navy combat pilot \u2013 was confirmed as the new head of NASA. I am confident he will be a strong leader in space exploration as we begin a new era of innovation, technological advancement and limitless exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Vice President Mike Pence laid out a bold vision for America\u2019s future in space exploration during his opening remarks at the Space Foundation\u2019s 34<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Space Symposium in Colorado. The vice president showed the Trump administration\u2019s commitment to restoring American leadership in space, rightly pointing out that \u201cwe stand at the dawn of a new era of human activity in space; a turning point that will bring new opportunities and new challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2018\/04\/22\/newt-gingrich-glimpse-america-s-future-in-space-in-2024.html\">http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2018\/04\/22\/newt-gingrich-glim...-2024.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two historic events happened this past week that will lay the groundwork for the future of American space exploration. First, after a close vote in the Senate, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla. \u2013 a former Navy combat pilot \u2013 was confirmed as the new head of NASA. I am confident he will be a strong leader [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}