Biden's idiocy of the day - Space Force goodbye.

[Stryder50]

Might be time to get some basic facts and details out; ...
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The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and the world's only independent space force.[6][7] Along with its sister-branch, the U.S. Air Force, the Space Force is part of the Department of the Air Force, one of the three civilian-led military departments within the Department of Defense. The Space Force, through the Department of the Air Force, is overseen by the Secretary of the Air Force, a civilian political appointee who reports to the Secretary of Defense, and is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation.[8] The military head of the Space Force is the Chief of Space Operations who is typically the most senior Space Force officer. The Chief of Space Operations exercises supervision over the Space Force's units and serves as one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Space Force is the smallest U.S. armed service, consisting of 6,434[1] military personnel and operating 77 spacecraft. Major spacecraft and systems include the Space Fence, Global Positioning System constellation, military satellite communications constellations, Boeing X-37B spaceplane, U.S. missile warning system, U.S. space surveillance network, and the Satellite Control Network. Under the Goldwater–Nichols Act, the Space Force is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping space forces, which are then presented to the unified combatant commands, predominantly to United States Space Command, for operational employment.

The U.S. Space Force traces its roots to the beginning of the Cold War, with the first Army Air Forces space programs starting in 1945. In 1954, the Western Development Division, under General Bernard Schriever, was established as the first dedicated space organization within the U.S. Armed Forces[9][10] and continues to exist as the Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. Military space forces were organized under several different Air Force major commands until they were unified when Air Force Space Command was established on 1 September 1982. U.S. space forces first began conducting combat support operations in the Vietnam War and continued to provide satellite communications, weather, and navigation support during the 1982 Falklands War, 1983 United States invasion of Grenada, 1986 United States bombing of Libya, and 1989 United States invasion of Panama. The first major employment of space forces culminated in the Gulf War, where they proved so critical to the U.S.-led coalition, that it is sometimes referred to as the first "space war".

The first discussions of creating a military space service occurred in 1958, and the idea was also being considered in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan. The 2001 Space Commission argued for the creation of a Space Corps between 2007 and 2011, and a bipartisan proposal in the U.S. Congress would have created a U.S. Space Corps in 2017. On 20 December 2019, the United States Space Force Act, developed by Democratic representative Jim Cooper and Republican representative Mike Rogers, was signed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act by President Donald Trump, reorganizing Air Force Space Command and other Air Force space elements into the United States Space Force, and creating the first new independent military service since the Army Air Forces were reorganized as the U.S. Air Force in 1947.
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United States Space Force - Wikipedia

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[BackAgain]

YOU'RE KIDDING ME. The major conflicts of the future won't be on the ground or at sea, but in the air and outer space. Never mind the jobs and economic and technological benefits. We have to be at the forefront of space defense to protect our satellites, to protect from EMP, and if this bozo kills this, the Chinese and Russians will SWOOP IN and beat us! This is just what China wants!

With all the rancor of the Left over Trump's nuclear codes and the national crisis of a phone call to Ukraine, this psycho is a danger and a menace to all and I have NO respect for the GOP if they don't immediately step in and question this man's worthiness for office and threaten him with removal from office if he continues down this dangerous road!

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WHAT NEXT JOE: dismantle the Pentagon to use the stone to build highways?

Please stop giving Dementia Boy ideas.

 

[BackAgain]

I don't think that she is terrible. She is just non-contentious.

She is contentious. And she sucks at her job. Other than that, good post!

 

[Stryder50]

Hopefully the US Space Force isn't just "out there" focused downward, but also watching outward, and ideally equip to respond/deal with ...
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A Look at Earth's Planetary Defense Systems in Preparation for Doomsday​

Within our solar system, there are thousands of objects that cross Earth's path, some of which could even collide with us someday. How are we ensuring this doesn't happen?
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It has become something of a trope thanks to Hollywood, science fiction writers, and fans of doomsday scenarios alike. A sizeable comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and news of its impending impact causes widespread panic and hysteria.

While the people of Earth dig in and prepare for the worst, the nations of the world come together in a last-ditch effort to destroy it and save the planet. As the plot of a major motion picture or novel, the stuff practically writes itself!

However, as with any good story, there's a strong element of truth to this scenario. For billions of years, planet Earth has come into contact with asteroids, comets, and other pieces of debris.

Granted, the vast majority of these were so small that they burned up in our atmosphere, or caused little to no damage on the surface. And more often than not, asteroids that exist in near-Earth space (known as Near-Earth Objects or NEOs) will pass us by at a safe distance.

But on occasion, there have been some impacts that were so powerful that they did more harm than a thermonuclear bomb.

Every few millions of years, there have even been impacts that have triggered mass extinctions.

It is little wonder then why space agencies around the world make it their business to track and monitor any and all NEOs that we know of. It is also understandable that for decades, these same agencies and government planners have been working on strategies for deflecting or destroying any asteroids that come too close to Earth, also known as planetary defense.

Which begs the question: how prepared are we for a doomsday-type asteroid-impact scenario?
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A Look at Earth's Planetary Defense Systems in Preparation for Doomsday

There are thousands of near-Earth objects in our solar system. In the event of an asteroid collision with Earth, how prepared are we to deal with this kind of event?

interestingengineering.com

 

[Stryder50]

Two impact events of significant size in recent times;
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Tunguska Impact:
This event, which took place on June 30th, 1908 in Eastern Siberia, was the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history. And while the meteoroid that was responsible did not technically strike Earth, but exploded in our atmosphere (an air burst), it is still classified as an impact event.

The resulting explosion caused widespread damage to the Eastern Siberian Taiga, flattening 2,000 km² (770 mi²) of the forest. Luckily, since the explosion happened over a sparsely populated region, it is not believed to have caused any human casualties.

Different studies have produced different estimates for the size of the meteoroid, ranging from 60 to 190 m (200 to 620 ft), depending on whether it was a comet or an asteroid. The object is thought to have disintegrated at an altitude of 5 to 10 km (3 to 6 mi) above the surface.
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Chelyabinsk Meteor:
This impact event is the most recent on record, which involved an extremely bright meteor (superbolide) entering Earth's atmosphere and exploding over the small southern Ural town of Chelyabinsk, Russia, on February 15th, 2013.

This event was caused by a NEO measuring approximately 20 m (66 ft) in diameter which was traveling at speeds of about 20 km/s (12.5 mi/s). The resulting airburst caused a shockwave that inflicted damage to 7,200 buildings in the region, as well as causing 1,500 injuries (but no reported deaths).

The light from the meteor was temporarily brighter than the Sun and could be seen by observers up to 100 km (62 mi) away. Some eyewitnesses also reported feeling the intense heat from the fireball, despite the otherwise freezing conditions at the time.
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A Look at Earth's Planetary Defense Systems in Preparation for Doomsday

There are thousands of near-Earth objects in our solar system. In the event of an asteroid collision with Earth, how prepared are we to deal with this kind of event?

interestingengineering.com

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And here's a probable from more distant human history;

Comets and The Bronze Age Collapse​

By Bob Kobres

Comets and The Bronze Age Collapse

By Bob Kobres Mirrored from The Cosmic Tusk. The original page is here. . . . and from heaven a great star shall fall on the dread ocean and burn up the deep sea, with Babylon itself and the …

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Comets and the Bronze Age Collapse

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[g5000]

Biden's idiocy of the day - Space Force goodbye​

Dammit. I have been looking forward to season three.

 

[daveman]

Empathy does not mean that you invite refugees to your house. Look up the word.

You demand other people do what you're not willing to do yourself.

 

[Bobob]

She is contentious. And she sucks at her job. Other than that, good post!

If you are referring to Jen Psaki, she is excellent, especially when compared to those toads that tump had at the podium who only deflected and passed on tump's bullshit. She knows the issues and discusses them with that knowledge in tow. She is also good at putting nitwits and fools, like that Fox News kid, in the toilet. That last one, blondy, didn't know her ass from a hole in the wall.

 

[Bobob]

If you are referring to Jen Psaki, she is excellent, especially when compared to those toads that tump had at the podium who only deflected and passed on tump's bullshit. She knows the issues and discusses them with that knowledge in tow. She is also good at putting nitwits and fools, like that Fox News kid, in the toilet. That last one, blondy, didn't know her ass from a hole in the wall. She is so stupid that she makes stupid people look smart.

 

[Bobob]

Most of "Trump's government"* was the career bureaucrats whom work to perpetuate their jobs, don't work for the American people, and aren't fond of non-career politicians. The deep state, government agencies and staffs, serve only themselves, their funding, and their pensions.

* Only ones working "for" Trump were his appointed staff, and some of them didn't.

No, trump pulled a "Putin", trampled those who were diagnosed as opposition and replaced them with those who supported him. Tump was an autocrat in waiting. If reelected, he will exercise his personal vendettas and toss opposition in the clink.

 

[daveman]

No, trump pulled a "Putin", trampled those who were diagnosed as opposition and replaced them with those who supported him. Tump was an autocrat in waiting. If reelected, he will exercise his personal vendettas and toss opposition in the clink.

 

[BackAgain]

If you are referring to Jen Psaki, she is excellent, especially when compared to those toads that tump had at the podium who only deflected and passed on tump's bullshit. She knows the issues and discusses them with that knowledge in tow. She is also good at putting nitwits and fools, like that Fox News kid, in the toilet. That last one, blondy, didn't know her ass from a hole in the wall.

But seriously. She’s awful.

 

[GMCGeneral]

It was a dumb idea. The space force is and always was part of the Air Force.

You don't need to spend MORE on weapons. You need to spend less, a lot less.

No, we. don't. You leftist shitbag don't understand that national security is the Feds Number 1 MANDATE!!!!!!!

 

[Bobob]

But seriously. She’s awful.

If you think that she is awful. I would like to know what your idea of excellent is. Excellent is not synonymous with those jokers who represented tump. So who?

 

[BackAgain]

If you think that she is awful. I would like to know what your idea of excellent is. Excellent is not synonymous with those jokers who represented tump. So who?

I don’t have to define excellence for you to note that shit doesn’t qualify. She is an obvious hack. Her lies are glaringly obvious and have been well documented. She is supposed to represent the White House in her daily chores. That involves answering questions.

So don’t get your panties in a knot just because a reporter asks a question you may have personal feelings about. Jen didn’t even try to conceal her personal opinion about the validity or invalidity of having a Space Force. The reporter asked a fair question about a military issue which Brandon was apparently contemplating. He didn’t ask Jen to be a dismissive twat. He asked a question about a perfectly legitimate topic at a perfectly legitimate time.

Jen is going soon. Good. She sucks.

 

[surada]

Every day this moron comes up with some new stupid shit.

Now the clown wants to dismantle the Space Force and use the money for that silly destructive Green New Deal.

Of course now his Chicom buddies will eat our lunch with space technology. Gotta give 'em payback for paying off Hunter's cocaine bill.

Green energy is an Environmental Wacko wet dream and will bankrupt this country.

This reminds me of when Obama cut NASA's budget and then reprioritized what they had left to Muslim outreach.

Anybody that vote for him or overlooked him stealing the election is an absolute dimwit.

Biden to Dismantle US SPACE FORCE

At an impromptu Cabinet meeting that included members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Biden mulled the idea of dismantling the US Space Force, which he called “a worhthless, fantasy project created by an unhinged man,” according to a Washington source speaking under condition of...

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Biden to Dismantle US SPACE FORCE

Two quotes from the story:

"At an impromptu Cabinet meeting that included members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Biden mulled the idea of dismantling the US Space Force, which he called “a worhthless, fantasy project created by an unhinged man,” according to a Washington source speaking under condition of anonymity because he hasn’t been cleared to discuss the matter publicly."

"Biden said he will repurpose the Space Force’s $15.2 billion budget toward developing “green” energy while phasing out fossil fuels."

Space force is dumb.

 

[Dragonlady]

But seriously. She’s awful.

No, we. don't. You leftist shitbag don't understand that national security is the Feds Number 1 MANDATE!!!!!!!

Yes, I understand that but I don't understand why your are determined to spend yourselves into the ground on military spending.

Your country has been attack twice in the last 100 years, and 3 times, in total, since it was founded, and you're spending $800 million dollars per year on your military.

You’re like the guy who claims he bought the guns for self defence, while threatening anyone who so much as steps on his lawn.

Your infrastructure is crumbling. Your public schools are under-equipped and poorly funded, and vast swathes of your country don’t have access to health care, and you’re paranoid about a military invasion that is never going to happen to you. Your just mustered the WORST response in the world to a pandemic, and you're raising your military budget every single year.

I don’t have to define excellence for you to note that shit doesn’t qualify. She is an obvious hack. Her lies are glaringly obvious and have been well documented. She is supposed to represent the White House in her daily chores. That involves answering questions.

So don’t get your panties in a knot just because a reporter asks a question you may have personal feelings about. Jen didn’t even try to conceal her personal opinion about the validity or invalidity of having a Space Force. The reporter asked a fair question about a military issue which Brandon was apparently contemplating. He didn’t ask Jen to be a dismissive twat. He asked a question about a perfectly legitimate topic at a perfectly legitimate time.

Jen is going soon. Good. She sucks.

Other than stringing together a series of insults, you don't present any kind of argument against her. "Obvious hack" says nothing about what your definition of "hack" or anything else. What lies have been well documented?

You have a press secretary who doesn't enage in cage matches against reporters, who provides information on the Administration's work in a helpful and reasonable way, and isn't into "entertainment politics. She doesn't insist on getting the last word in every time she deigns to berate the press when they refuse to accept the lies she tried to feed them.

Your whole post is just pointless bullshit and you say NOTHING about Ptsaki or the job she's doing. Trying to sound clever while saying nothing.,

 

[BackAgain]

Yes, I understand that but I don't understand why your are determined to spend yourselves into the ground on military spending.

Your country has been attack twice in the last 100 years, and 3 times, in total, since it was founded, and you're spending $800 million dollars per year on your military.

You’re like the guy who claims he bought the guns for self defence, while threatening anyone who so much as steps on his lawn.

Your infrastructure is crumbling. Your public schools are under-equipped and poorly funded, and vast swathes of your country don’t have access to health care, and you’re paranoid about a military invasion that is never going to happen to you. Your just mustered the WORST response in the world to a pandemic, and you're raising your military budget every single year.






Other than stringing together a series of insults, you don't present any kind of argument against her. "Obvious hack" says nothing about what your definition of "hack" or anything else. What lies have been well documented?

You have a press secretary who doesn't enage in cage matches against reporters, who provides information on the Administration's work in a helpful and reasonable way, and isn't into "entertainment politics. She doesn't insist on getting the last word in every time she deigns to berate the press when they refuse to accept the lies she tried to feed them.

Your whole post is just pointless bullshit and you say NOTHING about Ptsaki or the job she's doing. Trying to sound clever while saying nothing.,

Wrong. I did provide specifics. It would have required you to read. You apparently chose not to. That’s on you, kid.

 

[GMCGeneral]

Yes, I understand that but I don't understand why your are determined to spend yourselves into the ground on military spending.

Your country has been attack twice in the last 100 years, and 3 times, in total, since it was founded, and you're spending $800 million dollars per year on your military.

You’re like the guy who claims he bought the guns for self defence, while threatening anyone who so much as steps on his lawn.

Your infrastructure is crumbling. Your public schools are under-equipped and poorly funded, and vast swathes of your country don’t have access to health care, and you’re paranoid about a military invasion that is never going to happen to you. Your just mustered the WORST response in the world to a pandemic, and you're raising your military budget every single year.






Other than stringing together a series of insults, you don't present any kind of argument against her. "Obvious hack" says nothing about what your definition of "hack" or anything else. What lies have been well documented?

You have a press secretary who doesn't enage in cage matches against reporters, who provides information on the Administration's work in a helpful and reasonable way, and isn't into "entertainment politics. She doesn't insist on getting the last word in every time she deigns to berate the press when they refuse to accept the lies she tried to feed them.

Your whole post is just pointless bullshit and you say NOTHING about Ptsaki or the job she's doing. Trying to sound clever while saying nothing.,

Because dumbshit Canuck. Defense ia the NUMBER ONE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE. Domestic welfare spending belongs to the individual states, not the fucking FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

 

[Dragonlady]

Wrong. I did provide specifics. It would have required you to read. You apparently chose not to. That’s on you, kid.

You did not provide “specifics”. You provided vague generalities and no support for any of them.

“She lied about XY or Z” is a specific but ”Her lies are well documented” says nothing. Link to said documentation.

Your response is like a political answer: you talk and talk and say nothing and don’t even address the question.