10/15/2018 WASHINGTON — Since a U.S. Air Force estimate emerged in September, putting the cost of President Donald Trump’s desired Space Force at $13 billion, Pentagon officials have been pledging that the “official” cost estimate from the department will be much smaller. Now we know by how much. Speaking to… Continue Reading Here’s what the Pentagon thinks the actual cost of a Space Force will be.

4:00 pm on October 26, 2018 Despite the snickering of partisans, and the more credible concerns from some worried about reassigning military resources, Space Force appears to be actually happening so everyone go ahead and get used to it. And according to Vice President Mike Pence, the administration is so… Continue Reading Pence Justifies Need For Space Force, Says Other Nations Have Been ‘Undermining’ US Space-Based Systems ‘For Years’

14 Oct, 2018 03:11 Keen as ever on the idea of having a fighting force in space, US President Donald Trump says it’s a necessity for Washington because its perceived top adversaries – Russia and China – are beating it to the punch. Trump was speaking at one of his… Continue Reading US needs a space force because Russia is ahead on it, Trump says

10:07, Sat, Oct 13, 2018 | UPDATED: 10:22, Sat, Oct 13, 2018 The accomplished film director and niece of the late President John F Kennedy told Express.co.uk of her “disappointment” in the current US presidency. Ms Kennedy, who has filmed a documentary celebrating 60 years of NASA’s existence Above &… Continue Reading Donald Trump’s Space Force THREATENS NASA: JFK niece condemns US President

September 5, 2018 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s top civilian has been one of the biggest critics of creating a separate military service for space, but now that President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to craft a new “Space Force,” she wants to make sure its done right.… Continue Reading Top US Air Force official is now on board with Trump’s Space Force plan

September 20, 2018 WASHINGTON — The effort to launch a proposal for the Space Force service branch has too much focus on things like uniforms and not enough on the streamline mission at the core of the corps’ reason for being created, a top Pentagon official Wednesday. Nevertheless, Deputy Defense… Continue Reading Space Force proposal will be lean and ready by February, Pentagon says

09/07/2018 06:57 AM EDT The proposed Space Force should be prepared to defend Earth from asteroid impacts and clean up space junk, says leading astrophysicist and space author Neil deGrasse Tyson. The sixth branch of the military recently proposed by President Donald Trump is slated to take on missions already… Continue Reading Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space Force mission should include asteroid defense, orbital clean up

Fri August 10, 2018 He was there when man first landed on the moon in 1969 and on Friday, Buzz Aldrin endorsed a new galactic effort — the Trump administration’s Space Force. “One giant leap in the right direction. #SpaceForce,” the retired astronaut tweeted, quoting a message from Vice President… Continue Reading Buzz Aldrin: Space Force is ‘one giant leap in the right direction’

August 12,2018 At first, White House officials thought the idea of Space Force was just a lark. A former senior official told me that through most of last year Trump was generally interested in space. Behind the scenes: He would ask random questions about rocket ships and marvel to hear… Continue Reading Behind the scenes: Creating Trump’s Space Force

Today (Aug. 9), Vice President Mike Pence unveiled a detailed plan for the military Space Force proposed by President Donald Trump in a speech at the Pentagon. If Congress agrees to establish it, the Space Force will be the sixth branch of the U.S. military. The Department of Defense is… Continue Reading US to Launch Space Force Military Branch in 2020, VP Mike Pence Says