The Space Force has gained control of some space operations, but many others are still spread throughout the nation’s military branches.(Staff Sgt. Kayla White / U.S. Air Force)
Samantha Masunaga, L.A. Times: What happens to the Space Force after the Trump administration?
President Trump has a penchant for grandiose promises that go unfulfilled. So when he announced a plan to establish a Space Force, there was some skepticism.
Then-Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), ranking member on a Senate committee that deals with aviation and space, disliked the idea of consolidating space programs from the other military branches, saying at the time that there were “too many important missions at stake” to “rip the Air Force apart.”
The idea of the new service became fodder for late-night comedians and a Netflix sitcom.
The Space Force, however, was not merely a presidential musing. Created last year as the first new armed service since 1947, it was established with the mission of protecting U.S. interests in space from potential adversaries, be they rival nations or gobs of space junk.
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