(Sep 26, 2020 05:42 PM)Magical Realist Wrote:(Sep 26, 2020 09:06 AM)Syne Wrote: Yeah, what a moronic idea. Let's just wait for China, Russia, or Iran to get the capabilities to cripple our GPS or telecom infrastructure or achieve orbital strike.
What would a space force do? Sit around in orbiting spaceships defending satellites from possible attacks their whole lives? Seems like a recycling of Ronny's old idea of Star Wars, which is now going on 35 years of not being implemented.
Now that's moronic. As if we don't or can't have remote orbital anti-satellite defenses. You do know that not every space mission is manned, right? You do know that technology has come a long way since the 80s, right? You do know that space missions have been underfunded for quite some time, right? A new branch of the military can funnel military funds into neglected space missions.