Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says when we have 13,000 people on the moon they can submit to become the next state in the USA. Is it possible in todays risk averse culture to get that process moving by the year 2020, or are there too many hurdles? We look at some space news, bring in some of your comments from episode 4.22 and in general just have a good time. More information on this episode including show notes and links is available at our wiki at http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/4.24 Less