Sunday, January 1, 2023

US Space Force Launches New Recruitment Site

The U.S. Space Force launches an animated United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur to orbit on its new recruiting website. (Image credit: U.S. Space Force)  

Space.com: US Space Force launches new recruitment site with flashy Vulcan Centaur rocket  

'Space is closer than you think.' 

A near-future rocket launch is the keystone of the newest U.S. Space Force recruiting website. 

Space Force launched a fresh website face this week, featuring an interactive animation of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket sending a GPS satellite into space.  

The Vulcan Centaur rocket's long-awaited first flight is expected in the first quarter of 2023. Curiously, however, the next GPS launch is actually going to be on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than January, the military has said (opens in new tab).  

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WNU Editor: US Space Force has the money .... Space Force to Get $26.3 Billion for Communication Satellites and Tracking Missiles in 2023 (Gizmodo). And they have a new website (link here). But it looks they have some (cough cough) personnel problems .... A Space Force director was investigated for wearing a chartreuse mankini around colleagues and keeping a case of sex toys in the office — and kept his job, report says (Insider).

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