The House Armed Services Committee has approved a new military branch for space. (Michael Deep/Spaceflight Insider via Air Force)
Defense News: ‘Space Corps’ gets OK in House committee’s NDAA markup
WASHINGTON ― The House Armed Services Committee approved a new military branch for space early Thursday.
The panel unanimously adopted the measure by a voice vote after debating for less than an hour. It was offered by Strategic Forces Subommittee chairman Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., who first offered the idea of a sixth branch two years ago.
“So the Space Corps is as close as we could make it to the proposal that passed this committee overwhelmingly,” Cooper said.
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