> Normally the creation of a new division of the military has stemmed from a new domain that is being controlled by the command structure of another domain whic

> Normally the creation of a new division of the military has stemmed from a new domain that is being controlled by the command structure of another domain which is impeding their mission. The Air Force is ran by pilots. Mostly former fighter pilots and the occasional bomber or transport pilot. This is even true to a lesser extent with the civilian leadership (for example Barbara Barrett was fond of flying F-18s). Not surprisingly, that focus on the air domain was reflected in the AF's budget priorities— countless instances of situations where space funding gets raided so that the Air Force can keep buying A-10s and F-35s. There's also all kinds of bureaucratic problems that happen when space is a secondary concern for every branch, such coordination issues— GPS is a good example of this, where the Air Force was in charge of some segments while the Army was more or less responsible for building the actual GPS receivers. I would also argue that the sort of acquisitions that the Air Force often does (e.g. spend a bazillion dollars and a decade to develop a new bomber, then fly the same design for 50 years with only minor upgrades) is not going to fly in the longer term if applied to space.