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It's retarded because the amount of overlap and resource competition would render both services unable to do their duties.They have wildly different objectives, though. NASA isn’t militarized, it doesn’t guarantee the safety or security of vital strategic resources. Space Force already existed, just as a command of the Air Force. They already handled all of their own satellite launches for the GPS system, as well as spy satellites. NASA didn’t lose anything through the creation of Space Force, our national security operations in space that already existed just now have a more direct path to receiving funding and advocacy through the joint chiefs. It’s like trying to argue that we didn’t need to create the Air Force as a separate branch from the Army, because the FAA already existed.
As it stands now, an independent space force would be required to absorb the entire missile and rocketry AFSC's. That includes facilities like Patrick and Vandenberg AFB, and the requisite strategic doctrine they entail. Space Forces will need to absorb all the space tracking and various other groups. its so redundant as to be painful. My core AFSC was a 1W0X. Weather guy. We had entire facilities dedicated to Sat Com, space observable UHF/HF freq control. So those guys get what? switched over to USSF? do they go to the same school or have their own? Its not like USMC, Navy, Coast Guard, or USAF weather guys cross train with each other. hell our course work aint even the same.
everything Space Forces would do is already being done and well incorporated into The Air Force and is funded as such. No section of the Air Force has ever complained (legitimately) that they are under funded. What they tend to be, is under staffed. Poaching limited recruits for redundant commands wont alleviate that.