By Lynnola Christman
On June 18, 2018, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence formally announced the creation of a sixth military branch. This new military branch is called “Space Force” and will have 6 different bases. The bases will be located in California, Colorado, and Florida. The administration hopes to have the Space Force up and running by the year 2020. This is not for certain, however, because it can only happen if the Congress agrees to fund it. Over five years after starting the Space Force, it could cost up to $13 billion. There are two congressmen who support two different ideas. One Alabama congressman supports the idea of having a Space Force. But there is another congressman, Adam Smith, who said, “I am opposed to President Trump’s proposal for a Space Force. I am concerned that his proposal would create additional costly military bureaucracy at a time when we have limited resources for defense and critical domestic priorities, and I do not believe it is the best way to advance U.S. national security.” This would be the first new military branch since 1947, when the Air Force was founded, to be added to the U.S. Military. This military branch would be “separate but equal” to the air force, said Trump. Two former astronauts have different reactions to this idea. Retired astronaut, Mark Kelly, stated that the Space Force was a “dumb” idea. He say, “The Air Force does this already. That is their job. What’s next, we move submarines to the 7th branch and call it the ‘under-the-sea force?’” Meanwhile former astronaut Buzz Aldrin supported the idea of a Space Force. Aldrin, veteran of the Apollo 11 mission, and one of the first two men to walk on the moon, said it was, “One giant leap in the right direction.”
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