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Pence unveils plan to create Space Force by 2020
Vice President Mike Pence announced the Pentagon's detailed plan for President Donald Trump's vision of a Space Force on Thursday, which would establish the first military branch in over 70 years.
[...] Pence on Thursday stressed that the new branch would be built, in part, from pre-existing elements. "The Space Force will not be built from scratch," Pence said during a speech before members of the Pentagon. "This is a critical step toward's establishing the Space Force as the sixth branch of our armed forces."
Here are the four components to the Department of Defense establishing a Space Force:
First, DoD will establish a Space Development Agency to develop and field space capabilities at speed and scale. The Air Force has already begun to transform its Space and Missile Center (SMC). The Department will accelerate and extend this transformation to all services by creating a joint Space Development Agency.
Second, the Department will develop the Space Operations Force to support the Combatant Commands. These joint space warfighters will provide space expertise to combatant commanders and the Space Development Agency, and surge expertise in time of crisis to ensure that space capabilities are leveraged effectively in conflict.
Third, the Department will create the governance, services, and support functions of the Space Force. Many of these will require changes to U.S. law. The Department will build a legislative proposal for Congressional consideration as a part of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget cycle.
Fourth, the Department will create a U.S. Space Command, led by a four star general or flag officer, to lead the use of space assets in warfighting and accelerate integration of space capabilities into other warfighting forces. U.S. Space Command will be responsible for directing the employment of the Space Force.
Will Space Development Agency research trickle down to NASA?
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(Score: 2) by legont on Friday August 10 2018, @03:33AM (2 children)
What a socialist idea! Surely all the funds will be appropriated by private enterprises.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Touché) by MostCynical on Friday August 10 2018, @08:18AM (1 child)
Why doesn't the US just create a "Separate, but Equal" wing of the armed forces and call it "Money Force" or "Contractor Corp"
Then all the other parts of the armed forces could be contracted or outsourced, and "Contractor Corp" could manage all the contracts.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @01:58PM
That's pretty much what the NRO is. The Chair Force brass couldn't manage early satellite projects early or on budget, so satellites were taken from them and given to the NRO, which also works for the CIA and NSA. The NRO's tiny staff is mostly Air Force, but all the actual work is done by contractors.
The NRO is the real "Space Force" anyway.