The fate of the proposal may become clear later this spring when lawmakers draft an annual defense bill that could include language on a Space Force. Even House Republicans are unsatisfied with the administration’s Space Force proposal as presented, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Tex.) Some of the officials testifying Thursday in support of the Space Force had previously argued against similar plans. Reed said the current proposal for a 16,500-strong Space Force would have “the highest overhead-to-operation ratio within the military.”Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass. “There’s no reason to believe that adding an entirely new Space Force bureaucracy and pouring buckets more money into it is going to reduce our overall vulnerability in space,” she said.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2019 20:54 UTC