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Trump announces he’s directing Pentagon to create ‘space force’ as independent service branch
https://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | June 18, 2018

Posted on 06/18/2018 10:00:09 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

Edited on 06/18/2018 1:15:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: braking; breaking; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; mars; militaryspace; moon; nasa; space; spaceforce; spacex; themoon; trump
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To: NKP_Vet

Every service branch has their own official fight song (e.g. ‘Anchors Aweigh’, “Marine’s Hymn’). Any thoughts on the Space Fore fight song?


81 posted on 06/18/2018 11:17:54 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: dfwgator

ah rush is my first choice too... second would be major tom.


82 posted on 06/18/2018 11:19:05 AM PDT by VAFreedom (maybe i should take a nap before work)
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To: MeganC

Agree, see my post 36

Downside is that the ‘space force’ will be the bastard step child of DoD. By that I mean they wont consist of ‘warriors’, rather they will be strictly an acquisition and support function. They will be less ‘manly’ than the coast guard (no offense to the coast guard here, I hold them in high regard as the 5th service) in that there is really no physical requirement and members will never have seen combat or even stormy weather. They really wont even have a need for having gone through a boot camp. They will be keyboard commandos and powerpoint rangers. Their function is crucial, but if the ranks are not populated by servicemen and women of the other branches, then they are likely to be looked at as ‘civilians’ in a uniform. “Rank” will be almost meaningless, compared with the assigned job. So while it makes sense in many ways, there would be this downside to still calling them DoD.


83 posted on 06/18/2018 11:19:52 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: messierhunter

Boeing and SpaceX are supposed to test their spacecraft this year unmanned, with manned flights early in 2019. We’ll see about that.

Your graphic shows how relatively huge Orion is. Would be cool also, to add the Soyuz crew module to the comparison


84 posted on 06/18/2018 11:21:07 AM PDT by Dagnabitt ( I'm old enough to remember "the Wall".)
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To: NKP_Vet

Meet the drill team

https://youtu.be/hSWtER_rRDI


85 posted on 06/18/2018 11:24:49 AM PDT by lovesdogs
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To: mbrfl

Yeah.

“Genji Gartner”


86 posted on 06/18/2018 11:25:19 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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87 posted on 06/18/2018 11:26:49 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: mbrfl

NOT “fight song”.

They’re “war hymns”.


88 posted on 06/18/2018 11:28:04 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

His body lies a ‘mouldering in the tomb, but his soul goes marching on.


89 posted on 06/18/2018 11:31:50 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: GingisK
What would be the advantage of a manned military presence in space.
90 posted on 06/18/2018 11:33:16 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Sasparilla; Rebelbase
Is he recruiting Starship Troopers yet?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKtJobLOVYQ

91 posted on 06/18/2018 11:34:37 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: NorthMountain

All right!!!!

There’s at least one other “H Beam” fan here!!!!


92 posted on 06/18/2018 11:34:50 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: NKP_Vet
Good, now we have 1 year to get Shawn Christopher fly over Saturn.
93 posted on 06/18/2018 11:38:59 AM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy UP!__)
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To: NKP_Vet

This is how we continue Reagans Star Wars plan.
Cool.


94 posted on 06/18/2018 11:40:46 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Good.

Space is the next frontier.


95 posted on 06/18/2018 11:43:07 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: NKP_Vet

Creation of a new branch reaquires an Act of Congress not Executive Order.


96 posted on 06/18/2018 11:45:00 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: fishtank

Not too many of us around, are there?


97 posted on 06/18/2018 11:45:30 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Sasparilla

BUGS!


98 posted on 06/18/2018 11:53:37 AM 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: NKP_Vet

How this will affect the US Air Force Space Command will be interesting, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hopefully it will keep earth bound every officer who had swallowed the Obama Kool-aid . They would want to sabotage anything initiated by President Trump, no matter how successful it would become.


99 posted on 06/18/2018 11:53:45 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: fishtank

I’ve heard them referred to as fight songs. But if want to go with war hymns, that’s fine.


100 posted on 06/18/2018 12:02:13 PM PDT by mbrfl
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