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2018-02-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

A space corps in the U.S. military a ‘no brainer,’ says former astronaut

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Posted by 3dc 2018-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 “The kind of person who learns how to fly an airplane and drop bombs is different than one who learns to fly spaceships

I was pretty good at the DEC Lunar Lander.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-01 00:49|| 2018-02-01 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I was pretty good at the DEC Lunar Lander.

I think I'm having flashbacks.

As for “The kind of person who learns how to fly an airplane and drop bombs is different than one who learns to fly spaceships", dropping bombs from spaceships sounds like a useful job skill. Space is the ultimate high ground.

Posted by SteveS 2018-02-01 01:12|| 2018-02-01 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 United States Space Command. It existed at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs up until 2002. It was a joint service Combined Command. Revive it, we have work for it.

There was already a bill filed to do just that.

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS29/20170622/106134/BILLS-115HR2810ih.pdf

Stake Holders:

Commander of Air Force Space Command

Commander, Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Commander, Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Command

Director of the National Reconnaissance Office

Director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-02-01 01:13|| 2018-02-01 01:13|| Front Page Top

#4 You want to live there? Rely on people to bring you manure and water and duct tape?

Man is haughty indeed.
Have fun on that stupid planet with your Cadillac or whatever it is.

Posted by newc 2018-02-01 01:33|| 2018-02-01 01:33|| Front Page Top

#5 The kind of person who learns how to fly an airplane and drop bombs is different than one who learns to fly spaceships

For longer missions you have to recruit submariners.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-01 02:22|| 2018-02-01 02:22|| Front Page Top

#6 ...yeah, the SciFi (pre-SJW) community promised me the navy would run it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-02-01 09:12|| 2018-02-01 09:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Humor note.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-02-01 10:14|| 2018-02-01 10:14|| Front Page Top

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