According to The Wall Street Journal article below, people regularly ask a General if the United States Space Force is "real." 🙄
I highlight this NOT because any of my LinkedIn friends and followers would make the same mistake. I hope I've done a good job highlighting the newest military branch and its criticality to the future #5ir #spaceeconomy.
But, just in case:
(1) 20 Dec 2019 is the #SpaceForce bday, so it's a bit younger than my beloved #USMC 😎
(2) Headcount of 10-15k, depending on how you count, but still by far the smallest branch of the military.
(3) U.S. Space Command is NOT the same as Space Force—unified combatant command vs service responsible for training, organizing, and equipment.
(4) Budget $29B. Primarily reallocated from prior dispersed operations now consolidated. Also, its budget is $4B+ more than NASA's, a phenomenon known as the "Space Flippening."
(5) Space Force exists to protect the $4T in the 2040s and $10T in the 2050s Space Economy for the USA and its allies.
It's always important to remind ourselves that we risk talking in echo chambers if we don't expand our circles and try new things. Or if, every once in a while, we fail to stop to reiterate and explain ourselves clearly. #Space is important.
-GSP-
The Space Economy MilkyWayEconomy
President and CEO, MartinFed
2moI see you Rena Anderson!! 😄