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I nominate these guys for the first recruits for the Space Corps!
Hey they have 3 million years of experience!
Just have plenty of lager, pappadoms & vindaloo handy
They aren’t going to be guarding the galaxy. Just the US. Not from aliens, either.
This claim - the title “A proposed new military branch would send US troops to guard the galaxy” is at this point in time NOT fact, but “fake news”.
There are already a number of national security activities that take place in “space”, in earth orbit, and as relates to missile defenses.
The Air Force has long claimed ownership of these activities.
That also places the activities in line of being judged among other things in the DOJ budget assigned to the Air Force. It means the activities lack their own independent advocate and budget.
THAT is the reason for this AT THIS TIME and not to go off tomorrow sending astronauts to “guard the galaxy”.
At some distant future date, such activity could come under the command of this additional military department, but nothing like that is within the abilities or mission of that department at this time.
CNN is attempting to make the measure appear silly by giving it now, falsely. a mission that in all present circumstance IS silly - a mission it does not presently have.
Now why in the hell would we defend and protect the national socialists when they get deported to Mars?
Then you really can be a Space Cadet.
Star Ship Troopers.
I served in the USAF with space cadets in 1973. The services were full of them.
I saw a strange aircraft around 1980 give or take.
I was visiting my parents who lived near the edge of the Eglin AFB reservation. It was common to see various planes flying around and also doing bombing runs as there was a bombing range nearby.
One evening it was almost dark and I was walking near the edge of the woods. I saw a jet fly over, not very high. I only got a short look and it was a bit dark but what I saw looked just like the model airplane kits which were supposed to be the stealth fighter.
It turned out they in fact looked nothing like the real F-117. On the other hand I saw a plane that looked like nothing I have ever seen before of since. Totally rounded wings.
The fact that they were flying it at night over an area unlikely to have people makes me think it was an experimental plane which may or may not have ever been produced.
Er. What would they guard the Galaxy from? We haven’t identified any aliens... yet.