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Involved in the decision making process. one you mentioned in the lead-in, space corps. a sixth branch of the military, that came up in 2017. in the fall secretary mattis sent a letter to senator john mccain saying how he didn't think it was a good idea to create another branch of service dedicated to space, it just created more bureaucracy. president trump then several days ago came out and said he was directing the military, specifically directing general dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs, to create a space force despite the fact that secretary mattis had been openly on the record op...

What is the threat in space? this might come as a surprise to a lot of people. what is the threat that a combat-ready space force could tackle? >> well, i think that already exists under space command in the air force where, of course, they are operating military satellites, reconnaissance satellites and presumably assets that could shoot down enemy satellites so all of that stuff is already in place. by making this new space corps, you know, i don't know what they have in mind. these congressmen, whether they think we will have troops in space? we don't have any bases in space so it's a littl...