Should America’s Next President Abolish the Space Force?

An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. military’s Space Force branch celebrated its one-year anniversary Friday by announcing that its members would now be known as “guardians”. But the name was not universally greeted with respect and appreciation. Gizmodo announced the news with a headline which read “Space Force Personnel Will Be Called ‘Guardians’ Because Sure, Whatever,” in an article which jokingly…

Remembering Star Trek Writer DC Fontana, 1939-2019

Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings the news that D. C. Fontana, an influential story editor and writer on the original 1960s TV series Star Trek, has died this week. People reports: The writer is credited with developing the Spock character’s backstory and “expanding Vulcan culture,” SyFy reported of her massive contribution to the beloved sci-fi series. Fontana was the one who…