When are we getting rid of the space force?

[misanthrope]

8. I specifically asked an astronaut/former fighter pilot about this (no joke)

whom I had the privilege to interview. They explained to me Space Force is something needed as a way to "consolidate" redundancies in the Department of Defense around what is done in support of "war fighters." They're going to oversee acquisition of craft and act as project managers for things like DOD implementation of the GPS constellation.

By bringing it together, it allows a more focused strategic plan better integrated together across the armed services to align budgets. It sounds less like a new branch of the military and more like an inter-departmental streamlining.

So it sounds like something that was in the pipeline already, but when Trump discovered it, he decided to co-opt it for his own glory.

They expressly told me "this isn't Starfleet Academy or anybody flying in space."