Newt Gingrich Thinks SLS May Become a Museum Piece - Soon

Keith's note: Tweets from the "ULCATS Symposium: Igniting An Industrial and National Security Revolution in Space" held this morning in Washington, DC. I asked Newt Gingrich how the Trump Administration could support ULCATS (Ultra-Low Cost Access to Space) such as described in this new report done for the USAF - yet simultaneously support UHCATS - Ultra HIGH Cost Access to Space offered by NASA's SLS program. Gingrich looked like he was waiting for this question and was clearly not a fan of SLS or other large, expensive launch systems supported by the government. More tweets at #ulcats

FYI folks this #ulcats event is about a report done for USAF online at https://t.co/44DH8IKKZc http://pic.twitter.com/nP76Pe5yuk — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

Gingrich you need to fight for low cost access to space not against @nasa_sls #ulcats — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

Gingrich thinks that #ulcats and @nasa_sls will coexist briefly and that SLS could become a museum piece as a result of cost and performance — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

Gingrich was clearly not expressing any love for @NASA_SLS or any concern that it might be cancelled #ulcats — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

Gingrich: was adamant that the low cost launch providers would compete with @NASA_SLS and that SLS would lose that competition #ulcats — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

Gingrich: the old order is rebuilding the Saturn V that costs more and does less @nasa_sls #ulcats #nasa — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

Gingrich on @SpaceX - if you now can buy reusable why should OMB allow purchase of expendables #ulcats — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 1, 2017

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