Trump Orders Pentagon To “Immediately Establish A Space Force”

Why is US buying Russian rocket engines for space launches?

F1 engines have not been built for a while they were prevalent during the Saturn project in the 60’s and early 70’s.

“””Sixty-five F-1 engines were launched aboard thirteen Saturn Vs, and each first stage landed in the Atlantic Ocean after about two and a half minutes of flight. Ten of these followed approximately the same flight azimuth of 72 degrees, but Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 followed significantly more southerly azimuths (80.088 degrees and 91.503 degrees, respectively). The Skylab launch vehicle flew at a more northerly azimuth to reach a higher inclination orbit (50 degrees versus the usual 32.5 degrees).[16]

Ten F-1 engines were installed on two production Saturn Vs that never flew. The first stage from SA-514 is on display at the Johnson Space Center in Houston (although owned by the Smithsonian) and the first stage from SA-515 is on display at the INFINITY Science Center at John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.”””

That is an oversimplification, Lockheed Martin 15-20 years ago started using the RD180 rocket engines on their Atlas series rockets. Delta 4 rockets are big, rough and very noisy susceptible to damage sensitive satellite components trying to launch.

Without the Russian RD 180 engine US cannot reliably launch satellites or replenish the international space station.

“””The Delta IV can carry a larger payload into low earth orbit than the Atlas V, 60,779 lbs. vs. 41,478 lbs. But a Delta launch is much more expensive.

Plus, the Delta IV is—strange thing to say about an enormous rocket—very fast and noisy. According to Aviation Week, “There is some concern that the acoustic environment and acceleration profiles in the Delta IV nosecone could be too violent [for some Air Force and Navy satellite payloads].” Getting payloads “dual manifested” so that they can fly on either the Atlas or the Delta “requires detailed engineering work,” says AV, meaning “is slow as hell.””””

Nothing. Breaking treaties is the entire history of US “diplomacy.”

Treaties only apply to non-exceptional countries. The sorts of places where the leaders and military are occasionally held accountable for war crimes in international tribunals – usually where they are on the losing side against exceptional countries or aren’t puppet dictators tasked with looting their nation on behalf of same.

It only refers to basically nukes in space and claiming a planet as their own…

Theres lots of different ways we can kill each other that are actually pretty simplistic. Like the kinetic destroyer for example is just a mass fired at whatever the target is to destroy it. You can also use it to create a somewhat very large explosion on the surface using just the sheer speed of the mass, even thou that mass is nothing more than a hunk of steel.

Yes indeed.

Every Treaty ever Signed was Broken… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2ef08061a81b9d23e585e20d0d643fd02bc22c5c5a1a52ee2b553ef6dc72e7fd.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/acff0a57eebbb12ac8a4353956493482c606f69f5e1842f794fc92c709304419.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a4f9b4cfebf5ce0fd45c426f29c3b098577b805124eb8c9a42e1c38d01e479c3.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0241163d07df66b0491a9a1d5b0187d844f4f85148247e70f7bdb38348fabd21.jpg Those Washington Pale Faces Speak with Forked Tongue….

So,,,, what ? Do you think USA-Israel care about this ?

Yes, USA follows its own secret treaty.

That video is from eleven months ago. It makes me laugh every time that I see it. Today’s press conference hasd probably finished off good ol’ Buzz. :-)

Ok, now I actually am sad for him… Please, do not demean elderly people by letting them on the presence of scum like this retarded yellow guy, that’s inhumane.

Haha!

If you’re livin’ in a bubble and you haven’t got a care

Well, you’re gonna be in trouble, cause we’re gonna steal your air

Cause what you got is what we need and all we do is dirty deeds

We’re the Spaceballs, Watch Out! cause we’re the Spaceballs

We’re the master of space

Hey, Don’t mess around with the Spaceballs

Hollywood will come to the rescue.

The various US government agencies admitted to vetting ( censoring) circa 220 Hollywood films in order to promote better American Exceptionalism for decades.

Scholars researching this submitted a Freedom of Information request that subsequently detailed circa 7500 such government censoring of Hollywood movies.

Having seen the latest film of Dunkirk that has been laregely promoted as a victory since the actual retreat from France , where ALL the equipment heavier that a rifle was abandoned by the British Army at Dunkirk.

As an aside, my mother was in the WRNS ( Womens Royal Naval Service ) during WW2 and boarded a landing ship that had just transported German POW’s to London docks from Normandy in June/July 1944. The wretched state of the German soldiers was compounded by the pungent smell of long unwashed bodies. There is no reason to believe that the British being evacuated at Dunkirk were not is a similar state . The latest film mainly depicts them in smart uniforms etc.

Bullshit it seems never fails to baffle the brains of the majority :)

Will the US Space Command be using Russian rocket engines to propel the Space Marines into the new US Occupied Territories ? :)

You’re saying it doesn’t seem plausible that metal, light blocking, signal producing devices traveling predictable circular routes can be intercepted by military means?

This is what I think.

In the case of destroying targets in space, precision strikes would be less effective than wide area destruction.

Then with all the birds out the sky it’s about being able to occupy that space in the new conditions.

As our Grecian friend is pointing out, routine space based fighting forces are a preposterous notion for today’s world.

But the militarization of space is long behind us.

IF………………..