[dragonwriter]

> The first time someone knocks out one of our GPS satellites, you'll be asking, "why don't we have a Space Force to protect against this sort of thing?"

No, I won't. While the role is important, there is no sensible reason for a separate service, and the mission already exists in the Air Force.

Sure, we need the mission, just like we need the riverine warfare mission, or the littoral warfare mission. We don't need a separate service for any of those missions, though.

> Everyone's favorite rational pop scientist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, thinks it's "not a weird idea."

It's not a weird idea, and it's something we’ll quite likely eventually need. OTOH, quite probably not this century.

[brandonmenc]

> quite probably not this century.

That's extremely optimistic.

We might not need it during this administration, but surely we'll need it in less than fifty years.