From Guardians of the Galaxy Announcement to NASA Becoming Hoax Buster, Here Are TOP Space News
Space news dominates social media as some big announcements were made focusing on NASA and space programs.
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The US Senate unanimously approved a NASA Authorization Act on Friday, December 18, a symbolic move intended to set up work on a new version of the legislation in 2021. But that s not it. On the same day, Vice-President Mike Pence announced that members of the new Space Force will be known as Guardians .
Jim Bridenstine, Administrator of NASA, tweeted about the NASA Authorization Act and wrote: This 100-0 vote highlights the Senate s strong support for NASA and sends a clear message of bipartisan endorsement for the Artemis Program and the Human Landing System. The bill supported the exploration programs of the US space agency and extended the authorization of the International Space Station (ISS) operations through 2030.
The US Space Force is calling themselves Guardians, prompting MCU and Star Trek Jokes
Today, after a yearlong process that produced hundreds of submissions and research involving space professionals and members of the general public, we can finally share with you the name by which we will be known: Guardians. pic.twitter.com/Tmlff4LKW6 United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) December 18, 2020
People are stunned that it took hundreds of submissions and research for the latest US military force to call themselves, essentially, The Guardians of The Galaxy. research involving space professionals ? HUH?
“You just want to suck the joy out of everything!” ~ Rocket Raccoon. pic.twitter.com/yOPSC9kJgC Bryan William Jones (@BWJones) December 18, 2020
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From Pence s idiotic photo op of getting the COVID vaccine at a gun show, to Pence s earnest reveal that members of Trump s new Space Force [sic] would be called Guardians , Brian Williams ably skewered the parody of itself known as the Trump administration.
MSNBC anchor Brian Williams mocked Vice President Mike Pence over his vaccine photo op just months after declaring the coronavirus pandemic was under control, and for his announcement that Space Force members will be called “Guardians.”
Williams ended Friday night’s edition of The 11th Hour with a segment mocking Pence’s “big day” getting vaccinated on camera almost six months to the day after declaring there would be no second wave of the pandemic and announcing the name of “Space-Forcians.”
December 18, 2020 A still from a U.S. Space Force recruiting ad showing a service member in what appears to be an astronaut helmet. (Space Force) WASHINGTON The Army has soldiers. The Air Force has airmen. The Navy has sailors. The Marine Corps has Marines. So what does America call those who serve in the United States Space Force? It’s hardly the most pressing question for the new service, but the absence of any definitive answer has lit the imagination of observers, who have suggested everything from the straightforward “troopers” to the decidedly weird “spacers.” For its part, Space Force leadership has simply referred to its members as space professionals.