"Space Force by 2020" Topic

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Tango01	14 Sep 2018 8:59 p.m. PST
"Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan this week issued a detailed plan for how the Pentagon will move forward to create a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces by fiscal year 2020. The plan, laid out in a Sept. 10 memo titled "Space Reorganization and Management Tasks," includes actions that the Pentagon will pursue using executive branch authorities — standing up a unified command for space, a Space Development Agency and Space Operations Forces. These proposals were presented to Congress in a report on Aug. 9. The establishment of the Space Force as a military branch must be approved by Congress and written into legislation. Shanahan's Sept. 10 memo, a copy of which was obtained by SpaceNews, explains the steps DoD will take to develop a legislative proposal…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
Cacique Caribe	14 Sep 2018 9:05 p.m. PST
Maybe we should send these little guys out there first … just to make sure that aliens (or our terrestrial "friends") haven't set up any booby traps for our guys. Dan TMP link
Tango01	15 Sep 2018 11:37 a.m. PST
(smile) Amicalement Armand
Allen57	16 Sep 2018 9:38 a.m. PST
Why do we need a Space Force separate from what is now done by the Air Force? They seem to be doing OK. The Space force seems to just add another layer of expensive beurocracy to our armed forces.
Keith Talent	16 Sep 2018 10:53 a.m. PST
Of course. Somebody has to make a profit out of it, and they will.
Frederick	16 Sep 2018 12:00 p.m. PST
Well, given a country that has five different air forces already I guess a sixth is no big deal
Lion in the Stars	16 Sep 2018 12:51 p.m. PST
Why do we need a Space Force separate from what is now done by the Air Force? They seem to be doing OK. The Space force seems to just add another layer of expensive beurocracy to our armed forces. Because HQAF keeps stealing AFSpace's budget and giving it to Air Combat Command.