Very few people know the specifics, so will grant that point, but plenty of people are also sincerely excited about the renewed interest in space exploration
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ok granted, some of the pro- folks are legitimately excited about the exploration angle, I'll give that :)
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I've seen enough gundam to know that space force is bad news, really excited for it.
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if we can't protect our satellite networks then russia can annex ukraine and just text us grapefruit emojis when we threaten them since we're back to 1945 as soon as they shoot them down. whether we need an entire branch of the military, i dunno
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just realized i thought a grapefruit was an eggplant
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space is empty. and fake, actually
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I remember some purely hypothetical discussion of the militarization of space before 9/11 and even the extreme cons thought it was a good thing that it looked like it wasn't going to happen.
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couple of things that may be relevant - US maintains de facto police powers in outer-space. Its (by treaty) neutral and non-sovereign (sort of like law of the sea), but we're the ones w/ most assets floating, so we exert ~control over who/what goes up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty …
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counterpoint: space marines
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