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Analysts: Proposed Changes to Space Infrastructure ‘A Good Start’

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

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Analysts: Proposed Changes to Space Infrastructure ‘A Good Start’

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The Pentagon is on the right track in its efforts to reorganize its sizable space infrastructure, but it is unclear whether the proposed Space Force can be stood up by 2020, and how it will be paid for, analysts said.The Defense Department, together with the White House, revealed Aug. 9 a proposed roadmap that would ultimately lead to creating a sixth military branch – the Space Force – by 2020. In its final report to Congress, dubbed “Final Report on…

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