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I was going to say that of course a bunch of Space Force people have already been put into space, but I just looked and it appears that none of the active duty
by warner25 3y ago
I was going to say that of course a bunch of Space Force people have already been put into space, but I just looked and it appears that none of the active duty military astronauts have actually been transferred to the Space Force; they're all still with their original services.
I don't know if the plan is to keep things that way or not. So far there has only been one round of astronaut selection since the founding of the Space Force. But the older services still have all the aviators, flight engineers / officers, and flight surgeons who have traditionally been competitive for selection.
- tekla 3y agoThe Space Force is concerned with space assets, not literally soldiers in space. Source: Multiple friends who work in Space Force.
- sam_bristow 3y agoBut what about hand-to-hand space combat! Are you telling me there's no market for my astronaut ghilli suits?
- warner25 3y agoSure, but the same is true of the Army. And yet there are several US Army officers (literal Soldiers) who are active astronauts. I'm just surprised that they haven't been transferred into the Space Force yet along with the many other space operations folks from each service that have been transferred to comprise the bulk of the uniformed Space Force "Guardians." Edit: I found one. (https://www.nasa.gov/people/nick-hague/ https://www.nasa.gov/people/nick-hague/) "In 2021, Hague voluntarily transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Space Force."