Photo: The International Space Station is currently scheduled to remain operational until 2028. (Supplied: NASA)
Michael Walsh and Jack Kilbride, ABC News Online: Donald Trump's Space Force announcement ups ante as China, Russia race for space supremacy
X-wings doing battle with TIE-fighters, the Starship Enterprise shooting off into the stars after saving the day.
Once reserved for the realm of sci-fi epics, United States President Donald Trump's announcement of a new "Space Force" has brought the idea of space battles a lot closer to reality.
A new arm of the military dealing specifically with space is a sign of the growing international rivalry over humanity's final frontier, with Mr Trump claiming that it would allow America to reclaim its "heritage as the world's greatest space-faring nation".
"We don't want China, and Russia, and other countries leading us. We've always led," Mr Trump said while announcing the new force.
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WNU Editor: Russia does not have the money, and China has a long way to go before they can match what the U.S. can do. That leaves the U.S. .... where there is always a lot of talk, but real money to make a decisive difference is something that Congress is always reluctant to give.
2 comments:
Yeah you think about it, the US private sector is taking the reigns on the "space race"...efficiently and effectively(so far).
This race is a good news. More money for the defense and more improvement for our supremacy.
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