USAF Warned To Bolster Or Lose 'Space Force' Franchise

摘要

Top U.S. Air Force leaders may be squirming when they finish reading the "Space Commission" report released in mid-January. Hidden between the lines is a subtle message from the panel chaired by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld: USAF, you have approximately five years to get serious about building and operating a true "space force," or risk losing the entire military space mission. And if it comes to that, carving "space" out of the Air Force will be easy to do. All the necessary elements to support a standalone space corps will be in place, ready to go.