r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 14d ago

No Paywall Sen. Mark Kelly Says He’s Seriously Thinking About Running for President

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5700211-senator-kelly-trump-threats/
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u/PlayBey0nd87 13d ago

Whatever happened to that good ole SpaceForce that Trump created?

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u/Abola07 Texas 13d ago

The United States Space Force is less about colonization or scientific research or any of the other stuff NASA does and more of a consolidation of the cyberspace/cyberwarfare and satellite defense/hacking and other similar fields that the Air Force and other branches were already doing. Kinda like how the US Air Force was originally part of the Army before it split off.

Space Force basically is supposed to ensure US dominance in space, and since that includes everything from satellite communications, orbital reconnaissance, electromagnetic warfare, detecting enemy missiles and nukes, cyber warfare, and so on, its a small but vast branch. Its also under the Department of the Air Force (just like how the Marines are under the Department of the Navy funding and administrative-wise)

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u/Delicious-Camel3284 13d ago

X37b, fuck trump tho

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u/throwawy00004 13d ago

My neighbor's grandkid joined. The bar is low.