President Trump vowed on Monday to make space great again.
Speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, Trump ordered the Pentagon to immediately establish a national “space force” that would become the sixth branch of the armed forces.
“We are going to have a space force,” Trump said in Washington D.C. “An Air Force and a Space Force. Separate, but equal.”
This is not the first time that Trump has floated the idea of establishing a “space force.” The president mentioned the idea in May during a ceremony at the White House honoring the Army Black Knights college football team.
Trump did not go into details about what military role the so-called “space force” would carry out or who would command it, but he framed space as a national security issue, saying he does not want "China and Russia and other countries leading us."
Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White responded: “We understand the President's guidance. Our Policy Board will begin working on this issue, which has implications for intelligence operations for the Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy. Working with Congress, this will be a deliberate process with a great deal of input from multiple stakeholders.”
The president said the United States will “be the leader by far” in space and is looking to revive the nation's flagging space program by returning the United States to the moon and soon reaching Mars.
Trump was joined by Vice President Pence, who heads the National Space Council, as well as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and other members of the council.
Along with the call for the “space force,” Trump also called for a build-up in the long term presence in space, threw his support behind the nascent commercial space travel industry and signed a directive to manage space traffic.
The directive calls for providing a safe and secure environment up in orbit, as satellite traffic increases. It also sets up new guidelines for satellite design and operation, to avoid collisions and spacecraft breakups.
The council's executive secretary, Scott Pace, told reporters before the meeting that space is becoming increasingly congested and current guidelines are inadequate to address the challenge.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...-military.html
SPACE FORCE
It'll happen.
Right after the wall gets built.
Trump has a propensity to turn everything he does and or says into a bonafide meme.
I wanna see 5 military vehicles be able to come together as one giant robot
Meanwhile, the Repugs plans to over old and/or poor Americans on earth, to "pay for" tax cuts and welfare for the oligarchy.
House Plans Vote to Slash Medicare and Social Security through Balanced Budget Amendment
Next week, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a proposal that
will directly impact and harm
Medicare beneficiaries,
Social Security recipients, and
others that rely on critical safety net programs.
The Goodlatte-Walsh Balanced Budget Amendment, H.J.Res.1, will come to a vote Wednesday, July 20.
The bill requires Congress to pass a balanced budget every fiscal year and cap federal spending to 18% of the Gross Domestic Product.[1]
Spending caps, as we have written before, threaten the Medicare and Medicaid programs and hurt beneficiaries and their families.[2]
The proposed Amendment would lead to a drastic 47% spending cut in programs like Social Security and Medicaid by the year 2035.
These proposed cuts would leave spending at levels not seen since 1956,
before the Medicare program existed, and
far below the levels recommended by the Bowles-Simpson Commission
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/house-plans-vote-to-slash-medicare-and-social-security-through-balanced-budget-amendment/
the space thing I have always thought was a BIG WASTE OF MONEY
I wonder if Space Cadet Trash got his space war obsession from watching Golden Eye or Die Another Day?
I figure Trash's space wars bull will work about as badly as St Ronnie's Missile Defense Agency, and costs $100Bs more.
what ever happened to NASA?
That's a special forces division of Space Force
Got more efficient and cheaper. Oops. I meant it got privatized.
Agree. I absolutely hate GPS, satellites and the many inventions that came with space exploration.
oh really, who owns that now?
Space innovation got privatized is more accurate.
so, what are the innovations, and who's responsible?
you were talking like you already knew something about it. am I mistaken?
I was obviously referring to space x. They're doing the wow stuff that NASA used to.
I don't know anything special. Just amazed at what they've done and at the prices.
Elon Musk.
What wow stuff?
What has Elon Musk done on the level of a NASA, or did you just buy the vaporware?
Price per lb moved. All space innovations are derived from being able to get people/cargo/instruments back and forth cheaply. I remember an article talking about the Falcon Heavy and NASA employees were scoffing at the gtought of it. Saying it was impossible but even if it WAS possible it would cost 5x the money involved. Can't find that now.
Give me a budget 100 times what NASA has had I'd be able to do the things they've done. Its pretty easy to hire the right engineers/scientists/etc. when money is no object.
Henry Ford didn't invent the car or the combustable engine. Putting an reliable car out for a cheap price made him more of a pioneer that his peers. Same with Space X
read it somewhereremember an article talking about the Falcon Heavy and NASA employees were scoffing at the gtought of it. Saying it was impossible but even if it WAS possible it would cost 5x the money involved. Can't find that now.
mr. smarty pants knows level of veracity
overheard at a party
OH I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO
it was real, I saw it on TV
Well it's a quote. funny how you scoff at"things overheard" yet don't need a link for an actually conversation that was overheard.
Way to deflect your argument. You and Trump are two of the same.
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