Trump's Space Force faces trouble getting off the ground

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump's proposed Space Force would be the first new branch of the U.S. military in more than 70 years — if Congress approves and if it can get off the ground.

Vice President Mike Pence outlined the potential new service on Thursday in a speech at the Pentagon, saying the administration hopes to have it up and running by 2020.

It's not the first time the idea has come up. In January 2001, shortly before President George W. Bush took office, a commission led by his soon-to-be defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, recommended "a military department for space" (PDF). But the proposal, known as the Rumsfeld Report, was largely forgotten after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

This time, Pence said, the Space Force will be a full branch of the military equal to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard. The Defense Department said in a report released Thursday that it would be led by a four-star general or an equivalent flag officer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trumps-space-force-faces-trouble-getting-off-the-ground/ar-BBLJLBg

You can tell it's non military people who want this sort of thing. What blows my mind is how anti-science they are as well. Truly disconnected from reality.

[Historic NY]

1. How are they going to get into space on a russian rocket?

[AncientGeezer]

2. It's not people....in space.

If this idiocy were adopted it would be armed satellites...ground controlled not armed humans.

We still launch payloads in the U.S. , privately and at NASA

[NightWatcher]

3. Strap a few hundred anti-science types to the rocket and have them pray that fucker into space

"Phil, that rocket is a Graham 666. It's got six hundred and sixty six evangelicals strappped to the fuselage and when they all pray at the same time, you know what happens?"

"No, Stan, what happens when they all pray?"

"Not a goddamned thing, Phil! Back to Wolf Blitzer in the studio."