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.” …
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“Ground control to Major Tom. ...”
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.
The Air Force already has the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Do we need another bureaucracy?
Space Force
This is simple, I have a picture in my mind right now...…………………….
Space Cadets are those who go to the Space Academy. Once they graduate they become Storm Troopers :p
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.
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.
Triplanetary Patrol comes first, I think ...
SpaceMarines!
Sailors and Marines.
:) thanks
Starship Troopers
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
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?
Another bureaucracy is the last thing we need.
Well, I doubt that Trump is going to salvage the Yamato battleship and convert that to a US spacecraft.
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