Sunday, April 21, 2019

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Space Force no.2: Mars Awaits"

From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist

"Space Force no.2: Mars Awaits"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2707

This was initially inspired by this article on Sputnik International, 
about the six military bases up for consideration for Space Force 
headquarters. After some curious digging, I've noticed they've gone 
from "Mars Awaits" to the slightly more modest "back to the Moon in 5 
years". Of course, the goal that's grabbing the attention of millions 
of us is VP Man From GLAD's consideration of nuclear weapons 
deployment in space.

Goes without saying Elon Musk is on board with the idea; I'm guessing 
his long game will involve a need for a few hundred Space Grunts to 
guard his gated Martian colonies for the rich.

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"Six Air Force Bases Being Considered to House Space Command - 
Reports", Sputnik International 04.09.19
https://sputniknews.com/military/201904091073973316-six-air-force-bases-house-space-command/

"Pence Calls for Landing US Astronauts on Moon in 5 Years", NBC 03.26.19
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/US-Astronauts-on-Moon-5-Years-Space-Council-507681681.html

"Musk Backs Space Force Proposal", SpaceNews 11.03.18
https://spacenews.com/musk-backs-space-force-proposal/

"Pence leaves open the possibility of nuclear weapons in space: 'Peace 
comes through strength'", Washington Post 10.23.18
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-leaves-open-the-possibility-of-nuclear-weapons-in-space-peace-comes-through-strength/2018/10/23/801a732a-d6d9-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html

"A legal look at Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars", The Space Review 
07.17.17
http://thespacereview.com/article/3286/1

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