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US President Donald Trump announces 'Space Force' military wing
Deutsche Welle ^ | 06.18.2018 | es/aw (AP, AFP, Reuters)

Posted on 06/18/2018 1:56:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai

US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new space policy on Monday that will focus both on reducing satellite clutter in space as well as creating a specific “Space Force” as the newest branch of the military.

“It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space. We must have American dominance in space,” said Trump, saying that he wished to revive the US’ flagging space program that has been bogged down by rising costs and a lack of political will.

Trump said he does not want “China and Russia and other countries leading us.” […]

He also signed a directive on the management of debris and traffic in space, which “seeks to reduce the growing threat of orbital debris to the common interest of all nations.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; keywordtrolls; mars; moon; nasa; nsc; seebreakingnews; spaceforce; spaceprogram; spacex; themoon; trump
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To: Olog-hai

“Ground control to Major Tom. ...”


21 posted on 06/18/2018 2:07:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: taxcontrol

Sailors. I think they ought to make this entire mission the Navy’s job.

The ONLY change being made here is the medium you’re patrolling.

Even Star Trek extended the naval tradition metaphor. Using a type of bosun’s pipe, retaining the naval officer’s ranks, and even some of the rates (Yeoman).

Space and the Sea are frontiers. It’s a frontier force. The Navy’s already doing the mission.


22 posted on 06/18/2018 2:07:45 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Olog-hai

The Air Force already has the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Do we need another bureaucracy?


23 posted on 06/18/2018 2:08:25 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: Olog-hai

Space Force


You have to think about that a bit. Most politicians and bureaucracies would have created a multisyllable, word/acronym that didn’t put a pictures in your mind.

This is simple, I have a picture in my mind right now...…………………….


24 posted on 06/18/2018 2:08:28 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Olog-hai
"the US is a signatory to the Outer Space Treaty, which bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in space and only allows for the use of the moon and other celestial objects for peaceful purposes."


25 posted on 06/18/2018 2:10:56 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: beergarden

Resize image proportionally with CSS?

26 posted on 06/18/2018 2:12:17 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: CodeToad

Space Cadets are those who go to the Space Academy. Once they graduate they become Storm Troopers :p


27 posted on 06/18/2018 2:15:52 PM PDT by RainMan (rainman)
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To: maxtheripper
"With no launch vehicle in our stable this really means very little"

You summed it up. Aside from possibly the X37B, America's manned space flight capability is nil at this point in history. I put little faith in Elon Musk or the possibility of a secret space fleet at Area 51. I also know FedGov is broke so a big manned program is unlikely. Then again a space force could be robotic.

28 posted on 06/18/2018 2:16:11 PM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Judging by the enthusiasm here, some folks might be disappointed when the see the new SPACE FORCE battleground:

This is not the creation of Buck Rogers. Its pulling all the space offices out of the current services and putting them under one roof, so to speak. Your average space force warrior will be either a program finance manager, PhD graduate in physics, or a lab tech in a bunny suit. Critical, but not sexy.

29 posted on 06/18/2018 2:16:27 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: mewzilla

Triplanetary Patrol comes first, I think ...


30 posted on 06/18/2018 2:17:31 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Olog-hai

SpaceMarines!


31 posted on 06/18/2018 2:20:28 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Olog-hai
Oh No!!!!! - Tom Corbett - Space Cadet!!!.....
32 posted on 06/18/2018 2:23:36 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: RinaseaofDs

Sailors and Marines.


33 posted on 06/18/2018 2:23:48 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: BBell

:) thanks


34 posted on 06/18/2018 2:26:23 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: taxcontrol

Starship Troopers


35 posted on 06/18/2018 2:30:24 PM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: Olog-hai
Starblazers!


36 posted on 06/18/2018 2:34:03 PM PDT by silent_jonny ("forward to what lies ahead" -- Phil. 3:13)
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To: Olog-hai

Solar warden has been around for a while ... In my many years as an aerospace engineer I learned quite early on that when the government announced that they are considering doing something .... It’s already there


37 posted on 06/18/2018 2:34:23 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: DariusBane

Agree completely.

What’s funny about this - you could have a debate about whether a ‘space Marine’ is necessary, or possible.

Nobody thought you could fire accurately from the rigging of a ship. Then in WWI, nobody thought that these green ‘US Marines’ that Pershing was coming over with could hold their own, or fire accurately, in battle.

I’m probably wrong about Space and Marines and the relevance question. I suppose if we were going to send a party to a new planetoid, it may as well be Marines.

It’s just another beach, but the waves are electromagnetic, right?


38 posted on 06/18/2018 2:40:48 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Olog-hai

Another bureaucracy is the last thing we need.


39 posted on 06/18/2018 2:44:13 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: silent_jonny

Well, I doubt that Trump is going to salvage the Yamato battleship and convert that to a US spacecraft.


40 posted on 06/18/2018 2:44:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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