Posted on 08/29/2019 3:45:44 AM PDT by Libloather
The Trump administration Opens a New Window. is set to launch the U.S. Space Command on Thursday, a key step as military Opens a New Window. officials work to establish a proposed sixth branch of the military known as the Space Force.
U.S. Air Force Gen. John Raymond will serve as the first head of Space Command (SPACECOM). At launch, Raymond will lead 87 active units handling operations such as missile warning, satellite surveillance, space control and space support, Gen. Joseph Dunford said at a meeting of the National Space Council earlier this month.
"The United States Space Force will ensure that our nation is prepared to defend our people, defend our interests, and to defend our values in the vast expanse of space and here on Earth with the technologies that will support our common defense for the vast reaches of outer space," Vice President Pence, who also serves as the chairman of the National Space Council, said at an Aug. 20 press conference.
The establishment of U.S. Space Command is seen as a precursor to a fully-fledged Space Force, which does require Congressional approval.
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Space Force has been around for a long time. This will be the new and improved Space Force.
SG-1.
I was hoping to land a job outside of Huntsville, Alabama for this reason. Front row seats to the space force and Roll Tide.
I visited Huntsville for the NASA student launch and it was a fantastic town. The NASA student launch was a great event, college student rocket teams from across the country constructed rockets which they launched that beautiful April morning.
MSFGA! Make Space Force Great Again ! !!
New and improved Space Force?
I would like to know more...
United States Space Command
You may have meant the Space Command. The Space Force is brand new.
Maybe read the article....
Start here:
Project Horizon: Army Base on the Moon | Defense Media Network
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Since the Soviet Union had already claimed that its citizens - and presumably the Red Army - would be on the moon in 1967, it was urgent for the United States to get there first. The Army concluded that seventy-five Saturn II rocket launches could be achieved by the end of 1964 - with forty of these launches needed to put sufficient Project Horizon equipment into orbit for the lunar base’s construction
They need to establish a Cyber Force. Health and fitness standards loosened greatly.
I see what you did there.
Go Space Cadets!
Go Rocket Surgeons!
This town is probably the biggest job-boomtown there is right now... for all kinds of industry, but gov’t support included.
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