Now THIS is the 21st century I was hoping for: :-)
"As part of its version of the 2018 Defense authorization bill, the House Armed Services Committee voted late Wednesday night to create a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces: the U.S. Space Corps, which would absorb the Air Force’s current space missions.
You could be forgiven if you haven’t been closely following the debate about creating the nation’s first new military service since 1947. Several members of the panel said they themselves were blindsided by the proposal, and staged an unsuccessful effort to block the change until it could be studied further — or at least until the full committee had held at least one hearing on the subject."
House panel votes to split Air Force, create new U.S. Space Corps - FederalNewsRadio.com
I don't see this happening anytime soon, unfortunately. For one, I don't see the Air Force agreeing to cleaving off a goodly portion of itself and losing control over the space mission aspect of its operations. That would be giving up some power, and the services all fight to grow their power, not give up some of it.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
"As part of its version of the 2018 Defense authorization bill, the House Armed Services Committee voted late Wednesday night to create a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces: the U.S. Space Corps, which would absorb the Air Force’s current space missions.
You could be forgiven if you haven’t been closely following the debate about creating the nation’s first new military service since 1947. Several members of the panel said they themselves were blindsided by the proposal, and staged an unsuccessful effort to block the change until it could be studied further — or at least until the full committee had held at least one hearing on the subject."
House panel votes to split Air Force, create new U.S. Space Corps - FederalNewsRadio.com
I don't see this happening anytime soon, unfortunately. For one, I don't see the Air Force agreeing to cleaving off a goodly portion of itself and losing control over the space mission aspect of its operations. That would be giving up some power, and the services all fight to grow their power, not give up some of it.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
