Trump orders Defense Dept to create “Space Force”
The swamp wins! President Trump today issued an order that the Defense Department create a separate branch of the military to be called the Space Force.
The president then ordered the secretary of defense to “establish a space force of the sixth branch of the armed forces.” He called on General Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, to help create the new arm of American military might.
Trump also blathered that he will “establish a long-term presence on the Moon,” followed by a mission to Mars.
In other words, he is all-in on LOP-G, the next big boondoggle following SLS.
For me, this is very depressing. It indicates that government space policy will continue to be bankrupt, spending money on big projects that never get finished and on a worthless military department that will be entirely useless.
The swamp wins! President Trump today issued an order that the Defense Department create a separate branch of the military to be called the Space Force.
The president then ordered the secretary of defense to “establish a space force of the sixth branch of the armed forces.” He called on General Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, to help create the new arm of American military might.
Trump also blathered that he will “establish a long-term presence on the Moon,” followed by a mission to Mars.
In other words, he is all-in on LOP-G, the next big boondoggle following SLS.
For me, this is very depressing. It indicates that government space policy will continue to be bankrupt, spending money on big projects that never get finished and on a worthless military department that will be entirely useless.