Trump To Create Space Force As New Branch But Under Umbrella Of Air Force

An Atlas V rocket that is to carry the New Horizons spacecraft on a mission to the planet Pluto lifts off from launch pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006. T... An Atlas V rocket that is to carry the New Horizons spacecraft on a mission to the planet Pluto lifts off from launch pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006. The spacecraft could reach Pluto as early as July 2015. (AP Photo/Terry Renna) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump is setting the groundwork for the Space Force to be the first new branch of the military since 1947, though it will be housed under the umbrella of the Air Force.

According to a Monday Politico report, it will cost less than $100 million to start and its four-star general leader will sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Its top civilian will be “a new undersecretary for space.”

Congress will ultimately have the biggest say in green-lighting and molding the new branch.

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  1. And so tRump can remember them all and where they work, we will also rename the Army, Land Force the Navy, Water Force and the Coast Guard, Coast Force. The Marines will just be “guys outside the door.”

  2. Off we go! Into the wild blue yonder…

  3. "Its top civilian will be “a new undersecretary for space.”

    Great, now Jared Kushner has to create Middle East peace, reform the prison system ***AND*** figure out how to bomb Iranian wedding parties from 36,000 kilometers. Sheesh.
  4. SO basically nothing new, just a name and staff rearranging to make it look like he’s doing something. Pretty much sop for Donald.

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