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What a fucking moron.
Trump directs DOD to establish a Space Force in a surprise announcement today
We are going to have the Air Force and were going to have the Space Force, separate but equal. It is going to be something so important, President Trump said. Separate but equal is an appalling turn of phrase given that its derived from Plessy v. Ferguson, the now-overturned Supreme Court precedent for segregation.
The announcement came as a surprise in a meeting where the newly revived National Space Council was set to unveil the first comprehensive policy on space traffic management. The whole point of todays meeting was not about this at all, it was about the space traffic management policy decision, says Brian Weeden, director of program planning for the Secure World Foundation an NGO that focuses on space policy.
Still, this isnt the first time weve heard about Trumps hopes for a Space Force; he first proposed the idea of a Space Force in March 2018 contradicting Defense Secretary Jim Mattis opposition to creating a new military service. In a letter to the Committee on Armed Services, Mattis argued that it would just create more overhead and bureaucracy.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/18/17475466/trump-space-force-announcement-national-space-council
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)proclaim himself great and wonderful ruler of the solar system.
C_U_L8R
(45,040 posts)But might be a good idea if we can ship all the Trumpsters off to their own rock where they can't bother anyone anymore. Just imagine the harmonious peace and quiet we'd have.
Initech
(100,149 posts)And may they never come back!
syringis
(5,101 posts)In other words, you want to upset our potential alien friends before even meeting them?
C_U_L8R
(45,040 posts)where they won't bother anybody - aliens or us.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Kennedy is held in high esteem for giving the nation the vision of a 'man on the moon' and the Dotard has it in his head that he will somehow be responsible for regenerating some kind of 'space' initiative - even if it's private-sector for-profit - as we hitch rides with the Russians to get our astronauts to the International Space Station.
Everything is 'branding' with this huckster fraud TV celebrity.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)to head his new Space Force division of the Military. Mr. Spock could not be reached for comment.
HAB911
(8,957 posts)Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)We are being governed by a child. A mean one, but a child.
drray23
(7,638 posts)Marcuse
(7,561 posts)While Article IV [of the Outer Space Treaty] bans WMD from orbit, it does not prohibit missile-borne WMD from transiting space or weapons other than WMD being placed in space orbit and used to attack targets in space or on Earth. There is no ban on air-, ground-, or conventional space-based anti-satellite or anti-missile weapons.
https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/space-weapons/international-legal-agreements
malaise
(269,328 posts)He wants his own branch of the military
dhill926
(16,390 posts)"Separate but equal..."
malaise
(269,328 posts)A signal to the base
Turbineguy
(37,420 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,040 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)It sounded like Dr. Evil, from Austin Powers.
Im scared.
DFW
(54,506 posts)Nobody told him yet............
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This would be hilarious if it wasn't so ridiculously stupid.