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The Space Coast’s new congressman wants the U.S. to set bold goals for exploration beyond our Earthbelieving that the country’s potential will take Americans to heaven, literally.
“We have to do everything we can to make sure it’s safe, but it’s done in a way that removes some of the red tape so we can go out and compete and beat China and beat any other nation,” Rep. Mike. Haridopolos, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital in an interview.
“Because the moon and beyond isn’t a Disney movie cliché. It’s the future.”
Haridopolos said he would “love” to see the United States back to the moon in the next four years of the Trump administration. The Florida Republican was careful not to speak at all, noting, “We can’t guarantee anything,” but credited billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with revitalizing the space and science sector to make these possible conversations
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Rep. Mike Haridopolos is the new congressman representing Florida’s Space Coast. (Getty Images)
“It’s a springboard,” he said. “For example, as we’re starting to move toward (nuclear power), with the need for more and more energy here in the United States … There are particles on the moon that would come back because they’re very scarce here. a America (and) around the world.”
Helium-3 is a highly coveted resource found on the Moon, known to be key in nuclear fusion processes.
“From that point on, you put the moon and then you go to Mars, which has been, of course, Elon Musk’s vision,” Haridopolos said. “When he thought about things like SpaceX, it was, how do I get to Mars? And then how do you pay to get to Mars? That was the inspiration behind a lot of the new technologies that he helped create. And now he has a The Jeff Bezos’ fellow zillionaire dreaming of the same kind of thing. It’s really exciting.”
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Haridopolos credited Elon Musk (left) and Jeff Bezos with their investment in commercial spaceflight. (AP Images)
In Congress, the first-term lawmaker represents part of the country famous for being home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Space Coast broke its annual record with 93 orbital launches last year, according to Florida Today.
This week alone is scheduled to host the launches of both Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket.
He praised both President-elect Trump’s vision for space and the new House Space Science and Technology Chairman, Brian Babin, R-Texas.
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Haridopolos also praised Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, the new chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Donald Trump has shown on day one and officially in 2019 that he loves space,” he said, referring to Trump’s creation of the Space Force.
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He suggested that America’s approach to the final frontier may not be that different from the optimism and pride seen in 1969, when Americans landed a team of astronauts on the moon.
“He was an inspiration to my parents’ generation,” Haridopolos said. “Now, of course, Elon Musk it gave us this new vision of potentially landing, in our lifetime, on Mars. It is remarkable. And so the president said this is the future.”
