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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/president-trump-directs-pentagon-defense-department-to-immediately-being-the-process-of-establishing-space-force-as-sixth-milita

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/president-trump-directs-pentagon-defense-department-to-immediately-being-the-process-of-establishing-space-force-as-sixth-military-branch.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/president-trump-directs-pent... "what makes you excited about new military spending?" I am guessing he is excited about the fact that they are focusing on space research. The original Russian "rockets" were just ICBM stages. There are hundreds of examples of military research boosting tech, especially when it comes to medicine and spaceflight.

hospes 8y ago
If government wants to boost space research then it should increase NASA's budget instead of creating "space force". >> There are hundreds of examples of military research boosting tech Increasing military spending to boost tech or space research is like killing mosquito with the bazooka. DoD is extremely ineffective organization, there are estimates that it wastes $125 Billion annually from its budget. [1] If government wants to increase spending on research and tech they need to invest in education first. School system in US has very low rankings compared to other developed countries. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-waste/pentagon-buried-study-that-found-125-billion-in-wasteful-spending-washington-post-idUSKBN13V08B https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-waste/pentago...
- briandear 8y ago
  I would say the DoD is very effective. When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? 1941? What about Europe? When was the last time a European country was attacked? March 2014. Now “effectively is not the same as “efficient.” DoD and pretty much every single other large government agency could be considered very inefficient. But ineffective? Not at all.
  - Iwan-Zotow 8y ago
    > When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? 9/11
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? The peak of the most recent foreign military offensive against the US was in 2016; the operation was quite successful in achieving the war aims, is the single most successful military operation ever conducted against the US, and is now in the exploitation phase.
- trhway 8y ago
  >DoD is extremely ineffective organization, there are estimates that it wastes $125 Billion annually from its budget. [1] 20% innefficiency for a very large government org (which for decades has been successfully dodging audit)? I'd say that would be a pinnacle of efficiency :)

hospes 8y ago

If government wants to boost space research then it should increase NASA's budget instead of creating "space force". >> There are hundreds of examples of military research boosting tech Increasing military spending to boost tech or space research is like killing mosquito with the bazooka. DoD is extremely ineffective organization, there are estimates that it wastes $125 Billion annually from its budget. [1] If government wants to increase spending on research and tech they need to invest in education first. School system in US has very low rankings compared to other developed countries. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-waste/pentagon-buried-study-that-found-125-billion-in-wasteful-spending-washington-post-idUSKBN13V08B https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-waste/pentago...

briandear 8y ago
I would say the DoD is very effective. When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? 1941? What about Europe? When was the last time a European country was attacked? March 2014. Now “effectively is not the same as “efficient.” DoD and pretty much every single other large government agency could be considered very inefficient. But ineffective? Not at all.
- Iwan-Zotow 8y ago
  > When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? 9/11
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? The peak of the most recent foreign military offensive against the US was in 2016; the operation was quite successful in achieving the war aims, is the single most successful military operation ever conducted against the US, and is now in the exploitation phase.
trhway 8y ago
>DoD is extremely ineffective organization, there are estimates that it wastes $125 Billion annually from its budget. [1] 20% innefficiency for a very large government org (which for decades has been successfully dodging audit)? I'd say that would be a pinnacle of efficiency :)