humanoidlord
ce3 researcher
*sighty sigh*You're hitting all the fallacies today, Texas sharpshooter...
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*sighty sigh*You're hitting all the fallacies today, Texas sharpshooter...
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Whatever you think of Trump's proposed Space Force, it has at least one ally in its corner: recently-installed (and Trump-selected) NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. In an interview with Axios, Bridenstine argued that space was becoming "more contested" and that the US had to be "willing to defend" space in order to maintain it. He argued that the Chinese and Russians were developing not only anti-satellite missiles, but co-orbital satellite weapons, jammers and other spaceborne threats. Allegedly, the Chinese see the US' lack of space weapons as an "Achilles' heel" it could exploit.
Bridenstine stressed that the Pentagon would be responsible for the Space Force if it goes forward. He just supported the notion of a unit that protects astronauts and the "billion-dollar-plus investments" they're using.
There is a degree of truth to the concern in that other countries have been developing anti-satellite weaponry for years -- it's not as if they're going to stop. It's not certain that these countries intend to attack or disable US space assets, though, and there's a worry that the Space Force would lead to a militarization of space that people have sought to avoid for decades. As it is, the NASA administrator's voice only carries so much weight -- it's ultimately up to the Pentagon to decide if a Space Force is viable.
NASA has always been the friendly face of the US space program. Show the people back on Earth we are exploring space.The US government doesn’t publish what it does with secret, black budget money. You might remember that in 2001, September 10 to be exact, Donald Rumsfeld went before Congress to report that 2.3 Trillion dollars had gone unaccounted for. Not Billions but Trillions. That’s how the US military operates.
A Space Fleet would have many purposes. Any country that controls the ‘high ground’ will be calling the shots back in Earth. Undoubtably various countries already have military space platforms in place or are working to launch such things. A fleet could be used to maintain and defend such platforms. The money spent on launching probes into space is a pittance compared to what gets spent secretly by the military.
Space x is a diversion and for public show so say some claims...
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It could be a scarcity motivator. They end the shuttle program and push the civilian sector into the business of launching rockets.Why are we are paying Russians to launch Americans in space if we have all this money to build a 'space force'?...We should have kept the shuttle program going and had new shuttles ready to replace the old ones...
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Why are we are paying Russians to launch Americans in space if we have all this money to build a 'space force'?...We should have kept the shuttle program going and had new shuttles ready to replace the old ones...
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