Lawmakers propose creating new US Space Command in defense policy bill

Defense News: In its portion of the 2019 defense policy bill, the House Armed Services’ Strategic Forces Subcommittee is proposing a new U.S. Space Command in lieu of a separate space service.

But the fight over a Space Corps isn’t over just yet.

Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., the top lawmakers on the committee and leading proponents of establishing a separate Space Corps, remain convinced an independent space service is the best course of action.

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