It’s a dumb idea to make Trump’s Space Force its own military branch

Vice President Mike Pence today unveiled the Trump administration’s plans to form a sixth military branch called Space Force. It’s a stupid idea. As a major science nerd, Star Wars fanatic, and lover of the cosmos the thought of Trump’s Space Force causes my inner child to leap for joy and make weird laser sounds. But I’m not a child. I’m a grown up and a military veteran. And the US armed forces shouldn’t be anyone’s fantasy factory. Before we go any further, I’d like to make it perfectly clear that, were this bad idea to become a reality, my…

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https://ift.tt/2npafQD Tristan Greene August 09, 2018 at 09:01PM