Tag: Space Force
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Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao flank Vice President Mike Pence during a meeting of the National Space Council at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (C-SPAN Video) The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a combined U.S.…
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CNN survey suggests support for Space Force doesn’t match Star Wars appeal
News Brief: A CNN survey suggests most Americans don’t back the Trump administration’s plans to create a new military branch known as the Space Force. The survey, based on a sampling of 1,002 American adults, showed that 55 percent would rather keep the Air Force in charge of protecting U.S. space assets. Phil Larson, a…
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VP Mike Pence details plan to create Space Force (sans starship troopers) by 2020
Vice President Mike Pence outlines the Trump administration’s plans for raising the profile of space defense, leading to the establishment of the Department of the Space Force, during a Pentagon address. (White House / DOD via YouTube) The Trump administration is taking immediate steps to raise the profile of the Defense Department’s space operations, and…
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President Trump directs Pentagon to create ‘separate but equal’ Space Force
President Donald Trump speaks at a White House meeting of the National Space Council, with Vice President Mike Pence standing beside him and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao sitting in the background. (White House / NASA via YouTube) President Donald Trump today directed the Department of Defense to create a Space Force as the sixth branch…
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Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivered remarks at Monday’s meeting of the National Space Council at the White House. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Catching observers off guard, President Trump, in remarks before a National Space Council Meeting at the White House Monday, officially directed to Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of…
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Space Force? Space Corps? Space Guard? Experts study ways to patrol final frontier
Workers in protective suits check out the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle after its touchdown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in May 2017. (U.S. Air Force Photo) Two months after President Donald Trump said the United States may create a new military branch to focus on national security space activities, Politico…
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President Donald Trump revives the policy debate over creating military Space Force
President Donald Trump addresses a military audience at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California. (White House via Facebook) President Donald Trump today talked about creating a U.S. Space Force, breathing new life into a concept that’s been proposed by lawmakers but opposed by Pentagon leaders. The subject of space policy came up during the…