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spanone

(135,844 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:45 AM Jun 2018

The Space Force????

What a fucking moron.

Trump directs DOD to establish a Space Force in a surprise announcement today

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Defense and the Pentagon to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces in a meeting with the National Space Council today.

“We are going to have the Air Force and we’re going to have the Space Force, separate but equal. It is going to be something so important,” President Trump said. “Separate but equal” is an appalling turn of phrase given that it’s derived from Plessy v. Ferguson, the now-overturned Supreme Court precedent for segregation.

The announcement came as a surprise in a meeting where the newly revived National Space Council was set to unveil the first comprehensive policy on space traffic management. “The whole point of today’s meeting was not about this at all, it was about the space traffic management policy decision,” says Brian Weeden, director of program planning for the Secure World Foundation — an NGO that focuses on space policy.

Still, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Trump’s hopes for a Space Force; he first proposed the idea of a Space Force in March 2018 — contradicting Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ opposition to creating a new military service. In a letter to the Committee on Armed Services, Mattis argued that it would just create more overhead and bureaucracy.


https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/18/17475466/trump-space-force-announcement-national-space-council
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The Space Force???? (Original Post) spanone Jun 2018 OP
Vanity grift - rename something that already exists, spend lots of taxpayer money.. Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #1
Space Farce C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #2
Can we ship the Kochs, Waltons, Bezos, Mercers, and Putin with them? Initech Jun 2018 #9
Hi C_U_L8R syringis Jun 2018 #11
Chances are there may be some deserted rocks available... C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #16
He has another "legacy" fixation. yallerdawg Jun 2018 #3
BREAKING NEWS: Donald drumpf has just named Captain James T. Kirk democratisphere Jun 2018 #4
Trump Space Cadets! HAB911 Jun 2018 #5
A child's fantasy. Nonhlanhla Jun 2018 #6
He is truly deranged.nt. drray23 Jun 2018 #7
It could happen lawfully. Marcuse Jun 2018 #8
Pay attenion to he separate bu equal part malaise Jun 2018 #10
also an extremely telling use of words... dhill926 Jun 2018 #15
Ding ding malaise Jun 2018 #17
His latest whim. Turbineguy Jun 2018 #12
Apparently, Trump saw the secret documents from Area 51 C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #18
Did you see his announcement about the Space Force? Cracklin Charlie Jun 2018 #13
He feels a need to protect the nation from the Klingons DFW Jun 2018 #14
What a joke! smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #19

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. Vanity grift - rename something that already exists, spend lots of taxpayer money..
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:47 AM
Jun 2018

proclaim himself great and wonderful ruler of the solar system.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
2. Space Farce
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:49 AM
Jun 2018

But might be a good idea if we can ship all the Trumpsters off to their own rock where they can't bother anyone anymore. Just imagine the harmonious peace and quiet we'd have.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
9. Can we ship the Kochs, Waltons, Bezos, Mercers, and Putin with them?
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 09:28 AM
Jun 2018

And may they never come back!

syringis

(5,101 posts)
11. Hi C_U_L8R
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 09:30 AM
Jun 2018

In other words, you want to upset our potential alien friends before even meeting them?

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
16. Chances are there may be some deserted rocks available...
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 10:17 AM
Jun 2018

where they won't bother anybody - aliens or us.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
3. He has another "legacy" fixation.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:53 AM
Jun 2018

Kennedy is held in high esteem for giving the nation the vision of a 'man on the moon' and the Dotard has it in his head that he will somehow be responsible for regenerating some kind of 'space' initiative - even if it's private-sector for-profit - as we hitch rides with the Russians to get our astronauts to the International Space Station.

Everything is 'branding' with this huckster fraud TV celebrity.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
4. BREAKING NEWS: Donald drumpf has just named Captain James T. Kirk
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:53 AM
Jun 2018

to head his new Space Force division of the Military. Mr. Spock could not be reached for comment.

Marcuse

(7,488 posts)
8. It could happen lawfully.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 09:21 AM
Jun 2018

While Article IV [of the Outer Space Treaty] bans WMD from orbit, it does not prohibit missile-borne WMD from transiting space or weapons other than WMD being placed in space orbit and used to attack targets in space or on Earth. There is no ban on air-, ground-, or conventional space-based anti-satellite or anti-missile weapons.

https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/space-weapons/international-legal-agreements

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
13. Did you see his announcement about the Space Force?
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 09:46 AM
Jun 2018

It sounded like Dr. Evil, from Austin Powers.

I’m scared.

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