Friday the U.S. military released 400 other names it considered for Space Force’s soliders (before settling on the word “guardians.”) Politico writes that the names were “crowdsourced” from the U.S. military’s space workforce, and “Troops clearly had fun with their submissions, which included Space Cadet, Spacies, Anti-Gravity Gang, Homo Spaciens and Spacefolk.” But the Space Force had more science fiction-inspired names…
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US Space Force Members Are Now Called ‘Guardians’
Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The U.S. Space Force celebrated its one-year anniversary Friday with a new announcement: that members of this branch of the military will be referred to as “guardians.” They’re describing it as “A name chosen by space professionals, for space professionals.” The site Space.com notes that the phrase is a nod to the original long-standing “Space Command” branch…
Space Force members now called ‘guardians’
Service members of the recently established US Space Force have been given a rather familiar new title. “It is my honor, on behalf of the president of… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342072/space-force-members-now-called-guardians…
US Space Force could put troops in space
Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw has suggested that US Space Force troops will eventually be sent into space. Back in June 2018, the US President announced the … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339877/us-space-force-could-put-troops-in-space…
The US Space Force Will Use Blockchain-Based Data Protection – and SpaceX’s Reusable Rockets
“The service branch protecting U.S. interests outside the stratosphere may use blockchain to render its computer systems, on earth and in space, unhackable,” reports CoinDesk:
Last week, Xage Security won a contract from the United States Space Force to develop and roll out a blockchain-based data protection system across its networks. Called the Xage Security Fabric, the blockchain verifies data and protects…
NASA and US Space Force team up for planetary defense, moon trips and more
NASA and the United States Space Force are banding together for the future of human spaceflight. Source: https://www.livescience.com/nasa–space-force-moon-planetary-defense-collaboration.html
US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can’t. (The beach)
The United States Space Force has a new recruit in their mission to keep planet Earth safe. His name is Ghost, and he likes to go clip-clop on the beach. Source: https://www.livescience.com/space-force-space-horse.html
Pentagon to build first military space station ?
The US Space Force is reportedly working on plans for an experimental outpost in orbit around the Earth. Back in June 2018, the US President announced… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/338262/pentagon-to-build-first-military-space-station…
Hat tip to ‘Star Trek’? US Space Force names new unit ‘SpOC’
The United States’ new Space Force military wing revealed Tuesday that one of its units would be named “Space Operations Command”—or “SpOC” for short, in an echo of pointy-eared “Star Trek” character Spock. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-hat-star-trek-space-spoc.html…
US Space Force Releases First Recruitment Video, Acknowledges Netflix Comedy ‘Space Force’
The newly-created U.S. Space Force has released its first recruitment video, CNET reports:
In a video posted Wednesday to Twitter showing rockets, mission control-types rooms and U.S. Space Force members in spacesuits, a voice-over says, “maybe your purpose on this planet isn’t on this planet.”
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said during a livestream Wednesday that so far recruitment hasn’t been…