▲ 214 ▼ Biden to keep US Space Command in Colorado, reversing Trump decision (www.cnn.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] captainlezbian@lemmy.world -5 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpacemanSpiff@kbin.social 14 points 3 years ago* You’re thinking of the Space Force. SPACECOM is a unified command that has its origins in the 1980s. It is entirely necessary and handles real things including military satellites and missile defense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago A) You're thinking of Space Force, not SPACECOM. B) Space Force isn't anything new. It is doing the same projects it was doing under the Air Force, with the same budget it had under the Air Force, with mostly the same officers/leadership it had under the Air Force. C) You can debate about whether a trillion dollar defense industry is ridiculous. That's valid. But if you assume we need a defense industry that large, then the work the Space Force does (again, which hasn't changed since it was the Air Force) is absolutely necessary in the modern era. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpacemanSpiff@kbin.social 14 points 3 years ago* You’re thinking of the Space Force. SPACECOM is a unified command that has its origins in the 1980s. It is entirely necessary and handles real things including military satellites and missile defense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago A) You're thinking of Space Force, not SPACECOM. B) Space Force isn't anything new. It is doing the same projects it was doing under the Air Force, with the same budget it had under the Air Force, with mostly the same officers/leadership it had under the Air Force. C) You can debate about whether a trillion dollar defense industry is ridiculous. That's valid. But if you assume we need a defense industry that large, then the work the Space Force does (again, which hasn't changed since it was the Air Force) is absolutely necessary in the modern era. permalink fedilink source parent