The uniforms were inspired by Starship Troopers, a 1997 space epic about a future Earth governed by a fascist regime that wages war against giant alien bugs
They deal a lot with satellites. There’s 10k+ US satellites in orbit, and a ton of non-US ones as well. It’s legit, and it makes sense to branch off a bit.
Yeah, I’m sure that’s an unfortunate truth, but I also don’t know that NASA should be getting into what will undoubtedly be more militaristic operations in space, because the world sucks, so why not make space suck too. And NASA doesn’t suck.
Yeah, that’s NASA’s role, and they’ve done it great for decades. The only reason to create a Space Force over NASA is if you want to militarize space, which we should avoid at all costs.
They deal a lot with satellites. There’s 10k+ US satellites in orbit, and a ton of non-US ones as well. It’s legit, and it makes sense to branch off a bit.
Anything to avoid funding NASA I guess
Yeah, I’m sure that’s an unfortunate truth, but I also don’t know that NASA should be getting into what will undoubtedly be more militaristic operations in space, because the world sucks, so why not make space suck too. And NASA doesn’t suck.
That’s so.
We should officially declare space off limits for militaristic operations.
didnt we do that already?
Yeah, that’s NASA’s role, and they’ve done it great for decades. The only reason to create a Space Force over NASA is if you want to militarize space, which we should avoid at all costs.
THAT’S why we don’t need a Space Force.