This prompted some in the crowd to chant, “Space Force, Space Force!” Trump responded by ticking off the names of the current military services and adding, “Now we’re going to have the Space Force. We'll call it the Space ForceTrump publicly raised the prospect of a Space Force in March. Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, said no one should think a Space Force will produce an economic windfall of space contracts. He likens the Space Force proposal to the creation of the Air Force in 1947. They were absorbed by U.S. Strategic Command, and the Air Force retained its lead role in space through Air Force Space Command.

Source: National Post October 20, 2018 13:12 UTC