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Uh... what?! The bill would order the Defense Department to establish the new corps by January 2019. It would be a distinct military service within the
by pavement 9y ago
Uh... what?!
The bill would order the Defense Department to establish the
new corps by January 2019. It would be a distinct military
service within the Department of the Air Force, in much the
same way the Marine Corps operates as a service within the
Department of the Navy. The Secretary of the Air Force would
oversee both the Air Force and the Space Corps, but the new
chief of staff of the Space Corps would be a new four-position,
co-equal with the chief of staff of the Air Force. DoD would
have to deliver reports to Congress in both March and August
of next year on the details of how it plans to set up the new
service.
Wow. Out of fucking nowhere.
- benmowa 9y agoif i had to guess, i'd guess this is 'out of' lobbying by big govt contractors who want another budget pool, and MIL insiders pushing for this. Right now airforce satellites for star-wars type initiatives and airforce refueling tankers all fall under the same budget, while serving very different organizational needs. conversely this is why 'innovation' arms/skunkworks get created... because the mothership moves too slow and has too many competing priorities and budgets to innovate and get out of its own way.