Trump space force: US to set up sixth military branch
President Donald Trump has ordered the US military to establish a sixth branch of its armed forces - a "space force".
The US president said on Monday it would bolster national security and the economy with the creation of jobs.
"It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space. We must have American dominance in space," Mr Trump said at the White House.
He also promised that the US would "return Americans to the Moon" and would eventually send people to Mars.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44527672
All this from a country that needs to ask the Russians to get it's astronauts to and from the ISS?
They can't even get to low Earth orbit but think they can have a "space force"?
Funding for Nasa has been cut and money thrown away by cancelling projects part way through... so sad
President Donald Trump has ordered the US military to establish a sixth branch of its armed forces - a "space force".
The US president said on Monday it would bolster national security and the economy with the creation of jobs.
"It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space. We must have American dominance in space," Mr Trump said at the White House.
He also promised that the US would "return Americans to the Moon" and would eventually send people to Mars.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44527672
All this from a country that needs to ask the Russians to get it's astronauts to and from the ISS?
They can't even get to low Earth orbit but think they can have a "space force"?
Funding for Nasa has been cut and money thrown away by cancelling projects part way through... so sad
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
