Eisenhower and the military saw the nation’s developing satellite program as a valuable tool in monitoring Soviet military concentrations and looked forward to developing the critical capacity of detecting hostile missile launches from space. The US government’s first space policy was established during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, 8 September 1960. President Eisenhower visiting the George C. The proposed establishment of the Space Force as a new branch of the US military represents the apex of this decades-long trend toward increased militarisation of space. Despite these peaceful beginnings, nearly every successive president has established a military space policy more aggressive than the last. The US’ first military space policy was based on the principle that space ought to remain a ‘sanctuary’ from the sort of martial competition that was taking place on earth’s surface.
The fact that the US would be involved in military activities in space in the first place should not be taken for granted. This new branch, the US Space Force, would be charged with controlling the nation’s military activities in space. Trump announced his intention to create a new branch of the United States armed forces.
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