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Gonz posted:https://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom/status/1542620971458330624 It’s probably keeping track of any armed satellites that Russia sent up into space during the Cold War and beyond and/or actively monitoring any space debris that could pose a risk of kicking off a Kessler Syndrome catastrophe more than aliens or whatever 
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Gonz posted:https://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom/status/1542620971458330624 I don't know, judging by the logo, it looks like somebody's a Stargate fan 
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There was some news article a few months back talking with members of Space Force and they were all miserable because no-one believes it's a real thing. They would go places and get people asking them what uniform that was and what branch they were with and when they respond 'Space Force' people would just laugh in their face.
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Cross-Section posted:I don't know, judging by the logo, it looks like somebody's a Stargate fan Yeah, are they defending us from the Goa'uld or aspiring to become the Goa'uld? Do they even have a Ha'tak or are they slumming around in Al'keshes still?
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Red Warrior posted:There was some news article a few months back talking with members of Space Force and they were all miserable because no-one believes it's a real thing. They would go places and get people asking them what uniform that was and what branch they were with and when they respond 'Space Force' people would just laugh in their face. I imagine they feel pretty silly after they wake up from that zat blast
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Brawnfire posted:Yeah, are they defending us from the Goa'uld or aspiring to become the Goa'uld? Do they even have a Ha'tak or are they slumming around in Al'keshes still? Well they've pulled the engine out of a crashed Death Glider and strapped it to a plane, they're just getting ready to test it but everyone's very confident!
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McSpanky posted:
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Red Warrior posted:There was some news article a few months back talking with members of Space Force and they were all miserable because no-one believes it's a real thing. They would go places and get people asking them what uniform that was and what branch they were with and when they respond 'Space Force' people would just laugh in their face. Because like just about every aspect of the Trump Presidency, people thought it was a joke until it had to be pointed out to them that it was in fact 100% serious, just monumentally stupid as a well.
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Jul 1, 2022 16:07
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Just rename it back to Space Command, it's a much more appropriate name.
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Name it Star Command to ride the hype train of Disney/Pixar's smash-hit Lightyear
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Gonz posted:https://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom/status/1542620971458330624 They already have a Section 31. It does software development.
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nine-gear crow posted:Because like just about every aspect of the Trump Presidency, people thought it was a joke until it had to be pointed out to them that it was in fact 100% serious, just monumentally stupid as a well. That feeling... "Haha, Trump would do that if he were president." "He is... and he did." "Haha, suits him to a T." "It's stupid as gently caress." "I know, can you imagine?!?" "...again, it happened. For real." "HAHAHAHAHAHA"
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Let me tell you, the thing that dates Star Trek more today is the fact that canon history involves a global WWIII rather than a splintering and dissolution of the republic from internal forces. Though, maybe that will spark a global WWIII. All I know is I'm feeling like the money in my 401k isn't going to get a chance to be spent.
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Lol just lol if you aren’t hoarding silver in a safe in your garage
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Red Warrior posted:There was some news article a few months back talking with members of Space Force and they were all miserable because no-one believes it's a real thing. They would go places and get people asking them what uniform that was and what branch they were with and when they respond 'Space Force' people would just laugh in their face. I'm so glad
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HD DAD posted:Lol just lol if you aren’t hoarding silver in a safe in your garage for the inevitable werewolf uprising or...?
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Red Warrior posted:There was some news article a few months back talking with members of Space Force and they were all miserable because no-one believes it's a real thing. They would go places and get people asking them what uniform that was and what branch they were with and when they respond 'Space Force' people would just laugh in their face. You have to feel bad for the people who got caught in the middle like that. They went from being part of the Air Force Space Command, which sounded awesome and surely impressed the hell out of people at parties, to being Captain Video's Space Cadets and no one takes them seriously anymore.
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It doesn't help that their uniforms look like a low-budget sci-fi channel show from the early 00s.
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Jul 1, 2022 18:15
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nine-gear crow posted:Because like just about every aspect of the Trump Presidency, people thought it was a joke until it had to be pointed out to them that it was in fact 100% serious, just monumentally stupid as a well. The best part about how dumb this all is, is that Space Force would have happened regardless of who was president at the time.
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Tighclops posted:The best part about how dumb this all is, is that Space Force would have happened regardless of who was president at the time. I would like to see why that's the case. What made Space Force inevitable?
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A.o.D. posted:I would like to see why that's the case. What made Space Force inevitable? Because the plans for it were in motion before Trump got elected. The Pentagon are worried that other nations like Russia and China are either matching or leapfrogging their own abilities in what they view as the next battlefield and organizing a new branch of the military about it is their response Please note that I didn't say it was a good plan
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Yeah the Space Force or something like it was always in the works and the pentagon was pretty gung-ho about it. When Trump got in for a while he just did whatever the generals said because he's a moronic boomer who loved "Patton" until he eventually found out they were all clowning on him.
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The future is the blade runner sequel mashed up with children of men, if you are reading this you'll get the children of men part If you're really lucky you'll get to be Michael Caine
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Tighclops posted:Because the plans for it were in motion before Trump got elected. The Pentagon are worried that other nations like Russia and China are either matching or leapfrogging their own abilities in what they view as the next battlefield and organizing a new branch of the military about it is their response During World War II, something like a third of the US Army was on the aviation side, and those folks were clearly doing very different things than the rest of the Army. It made perfect sense to spin them off, and so after the war the US Air Force was born. In contrast, the Space Command was something like two percent of the Air Force. They were the ones in charge of the satellites: spy sats, the GPS constellation, military comsats, etc. Important stuff, to be sure, but... do they really need to have their own uniforms, and bases, and academy, and theme song, and football team, and flag, and recruiters squatting in dying mini-malls all across the country?
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Tighclops posted:The future is the blade runner sequel mashed up with children of men, if you are reading this you'll get the children of men part I've got my Quietus appointment all booked!
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Powered Descent posted:In contrast, the Space Command was something like two percent of the Air Force. They were the ones in charge of the satellites: spy sats, the GPS constellation, military comsats, etc. Important stuff, to be sure, but... do they really need to have their own uniforms, and bases, and academy, and theme song, and football team, and flag, and recruiters squatting in dying mini-malls all across the country? yes because as a new branch they technically aren't banned from being used for domestic law enforcement
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Tighclops posted:The future is the blade runner sequel mashed up with children of men, if you are reading this you'll get the children of men part The future is pretty much The Windup Girl, and/or The Peripheral.
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There's definitely a good amount of Snow Crash in the pipes, at least the first section the best part is people who are just now rewatching all those 70's/80's/90's movies that steadily got more overt in their "the corporate techno-dystopia IS COMING" messaging and picking up on that like a friend just rewatched Total Recall for the first time in years and was like "lol how long til they actually start charging money for air" and I'm just like  A.o.D. posted:Hell yeah let's Speedrun Kessler Syndrome a game I just played (Hardspace: Shipbreaker) takes place in the near-future where crossing the Kessler debris field to leave Earth has like a 95% chance of death, unless you go into massive debt paying for a ticket off-world through the 1 megacorp that possesses the tech/debris maps to safely chart the trip, and it's depressingly not that far-fetched Snow Cone Capone fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Jul 1, 2022 |
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So much bullshit is getting slowly normalized and institutionalized that, much like the slowly boiled frog, we can't even really tell how deep we are creeping into our dystopia. I like to use the self-check stations to human cashiers ratio at a typical Walmart as a thermometer.
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Powered Descent posted:do they really need to have their own uniforms, and bases, and academy, and theme song, and football team, and flag They're the Air Force's Marines. They get their own uniform and flag, but go to the Air Force Academy and play football for them.
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CLAM DOWN posted:I wish STO wasn't so bad and I wish there was a good modern Star Trek game yea
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STO is frustrating because the space combat and customization are great ideas bogged down by every other aspect of the game
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I think the first mistake was making it an MMO. Hey remember that time Hilary Clinton did unethical surgery on Worf's spine?
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Tighclops posted:STO is frustrating because the space combat and customization are great ideas bogged down by every other aspect of the game Yeah. I would sell an organ for a modern remake of Starfleet Command 2 or 3.
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