The Bizarre Space Force Plane That Hasn't Landed In 2 Years

The X-37 was setting endurance records long before the Space Force existed...they were just overseen by AF Space Command. It's missions always have, and probably always will be, classified (the X-37 I mean).

As a retired USAF guy, the only thing I can see the USSF has created is more General billets and even more duplicating of positions. USAF Space Command was completing the same missions with the same success rate, just without the ridiculous "Guardian" titles and Star Trek styled insignia. We even won the Cold War without a SpaceCom.

The DoD keeps pushing for another round of BRAC to "save money", yet the creation of another branch is considered OK? Someone needs to take a step back and examine exactly what our priorities as a nation are.

I am not a pilot, just a computer techy, but I love FlightAware and this blog. Can we keep politics out of these comments? Some of us love Trump and some of us hate him. Some of us love Biden, and some of us hate him. Who cares what your opinions are?

What’s “bizarre” about it?

Gee.. with all the negative comments about a new branch of the military being created... What about the Air Force itself? Created out of the Army Air Corp, which, I'm sure everyone thought was doing a fine job and there was no need to split off a new branch?

And has NASA actually done a better job than the original "owners", the USAF?

For those who ridicule the NEED for a Space Force, they are woefully unaware of the threats and challenges that we face in the space environment today... and they aren't getting any better. They also echo those who, 75 years ago, argued that the air domain was nothing but long-range artillery, and ridiculed the idea of an independent Air Force. For those who ridicule the idea simply because of which president ended up putting his signature on the legislations, well that's just pathetic. The need for a USSF was in discussion YEARS before the previous president every even announced his intent to run. The fact that he was the one who got it across the finish line is no reason to rally against a service that clearly puts the security of our country first. Sometimes it's okay to actually put our country's well-being ahead of political partisanship.

Poor MSN, can't publish an article without exposing their Trump Derangement Syndrome. I clicked to read about the X37, not lib whining. How many times did the editor send it back to the author, "it needs more anti Trump spin!"

As an Air Force veteran and space industry retiree I see the Space Force as a farce that is counter-historical. Modern warfare is about joint operations, not the Balkanization of the military for political purposes.

all and any theoretical tasks for Space Force will be done within military budgets and done by military members in existing branches. Space FOrce exists because the viet-nam era war coward, aka Donald Trump, had a swell idea for another design for pajamas. He loves to play dress up and exchange salutes and strut about. But this structure is one without purpose or design as of today. Or tomorrow. The military is up to its kiesters with Generals and wanna-be generals .I hope Biden and the joint chiefs will notice this and disband this silliness before it takes further root, as in before SPace Force breaks ground on its own service academy.

It's good to see something concrete eventually came out of what was just a bright shiny media object at the start. And there's also the Netflix series starring Steve Carell. Although it was cancelled after two seasons.

Why was the Ballon icon and information removed from tracking during this CCP tracking incident, @ the same time was the aircraft track around the ballon in Montana and the Atlantic, off shore, tracks of F22’s? If so, why did the FAA allow F-22’s to be tracked!? But not the ballon? A video recording of an high altitude aerosol plume, then an extremely bright blue flash, then very loud bang was captured going to the ground around Billings Montana. No news, no follow-up. DOT Transportation head Buttigieg, keeping American’s dark? This same person has allowed the Hawaiian public rail line in Hawaii to stop two miles from the Airport w/No funds, but over budget by 1000%. Eight years funded by Biden/Obama/Obama(the secret WhiteHouse). Wheels ordered and made for the train were the wrong size! Is Petti going to get people to the airport or just give unions money, to fund the unions who gave the money to Congress for elections, then congress bailed out the unions. NO AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN 10 years (blocked by Congress during President Trump’s Administration). Enough the politics people, America is going backwards while Unions/politicians become billionaires, at worst, are selling America to the CCP, for the New World Order. Please lets discuss the implications of failed airport infrastructure, DOT and Boeing forgetting how to buld planes! All of which move the industries backward to the 4th century, where only the Kings and Queens travel, where once the now lost Middle America use to travel.

Why was the Ballon icon and information removed from tracking during this CCP tracking incident@? At the same time was the aircraft track around the ballon in Montana and the Atlantic, off shore, tracks of F22’s? If so, why did the FAA allow F-22’s to be tracked!? But not the ballon? A video recording of an high altitude aerosol plume, then an extremely dright blue flash, then very loud bang was captured going to the ground around Billings Montana. No news, no follow-up. DOT Transportation head Buttigeg, keeping American’s dark? This same person has allowed the Hawaiian public rail line in Hawaii to stop two miles from the Airport w/No funds, but over budget by 1000%. Eight years funded by Biden/Obama/Obama(the secret WhiteHouse). Wheels ordered and made for the train were the wrong size! Is Petti going to get people to the airport or just give unions money, to fund the unions who gave the money to Congress for elections, then congress bailed out the unions. NO AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN 10 years (blocked by Congress during President Trump’s Administration). Enough the politics people, America is going backwards while Unions/politicians become billionaires, at worst, are selling America to the CCP, for the New World Order. Please lets discuss the implications of failed airport infrastructure, DOT and Boeing forgetting how to buld planes! All of which move the industries backward to the 4th century, where only the Kings and Queens travel, where once the now lost Middle America use to travel.

After reading the comments, I would point out that the main mission of the Space Command is to use the space around Earth as a theater of operations; ie satellites used as weapons systems/command and control and the means to get them into orbit. Not to "go where no man has gone before". That's NASA's job, who by the way, is failing miserably. Love him or hate him, Musk is running circles around NASA. But then he's not a government bureaucracy.

And all solar powered … sure

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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=324941081879995

As a Democrat it's pretty unfortunate to see all the liberals making fun a Space Force - they're just ignorant of history! It's pretty much the same way the the Air Force was created, and the best thing Trump did in office. The Air Force was created out of the Army Air Corps - they were already doing the mission, just an organizational change. Same with Space Force - the mission was already being done by the Air Force, it's an organizational change.

The first paragraph is a throwaway waste of 135 words which has nothing to do with aviation -- or space for that matter. Aside from that woke lapse in judgement, the author does a fair job of staying on topic, but it's one he doesn't grasp. The Space Force -- unlike NASA! -- uses outer space (orbital and otherwise) to support *military* operations and to defend Earth from impactors (asteroids/comets).

As I recall, meaningful "Space exploration" started with the Russian/American militaries. We better stay there in that respect, or combines are going to be replaced with a lot of liberals in the field with sickles.

Space Force, what a slow, expensive waste of time, Musk's StarLink meant for global communications, is having more military benefit, i.e. Ukraine conflict, than this Govt department probably ever will.

Proper link for the story:
https://www.slashgear.com/1092367/the-bizarre-space-force-plane-that-hasnt-landed-in-2-years/

It's all about Cyberspace not outer space. They can gather info on communistic electioneering and cheating in Congress. Do you really think they'll sit back and let a foreign entity control our government?