Tag: Space Force
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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…