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06-20-2018, 02:24 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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As a fan of the original DOOM video game, I'm just disappointed they didn't name them the Space Marines.
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06-20-2018, 05:47 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Originally Posted by Gumby
They will be spaceships after all.
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LOL!
If they were called space cars then maybe the Department of Transportation could oversee the new agency. That would be fun.
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06-20-2018, 01:22 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Utrecht
Posts: 2,650
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bir48die
I'm hoping this means the return of the "Thunderbirds" morning show.
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Maybe not in your morning show, but they've been back for a while now!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunde..._Go_(TV_series)
I've been to the studios, in New Zealand.
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06-25-2018, 04:44 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by splitwdw
Don't know much about the military but shouldn't something like this be a part of the Air Force like navy seals or special forces are part of other military branches. Could all of the branches pool their resources to find the best qualified people without creating a separate branch?
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Originally Posted by joeea
LOL!
If they were called spacecars then maybe the Department of Transportation could oversee the new agency. That would be fun.
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Or space probes and put proctologists in charge.
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06-25-2018, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Originally Posted by Mr._Graybeard
Or space probes and put proctologists in charge.
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The folks who claim to have been abducted by aliens say it wasn't proctologists....
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06-25-2018, 04:53 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2011
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Well, they say there's a ring around Uranus ...
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06-25-2018, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
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If I was a couple of years younger, I suppose I could apply to sign on with the new Space guys! That would be fun and I could maybe end up with a government pension! 
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06-25-2018, 07:39 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Lake Livingston, Tx
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In 1968 the Canadian arm forces joined into one unit. I always thought this was a great way to save on overhead. Have not seen much on it or how it has worked out. Seems to me the USAF, Navy and Army fight enough turf battles without adding another group.
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06-26-2018, 08:20 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: GTA
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All five people in our Armed Forces have been cool with it....
 
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06-26-2018, 08:48 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Miraflores,Peru
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The "Coast Guard" never gets any respect here!
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06-26-2018, 09:10 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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When do the aliens arrive?
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06-26-2018, 09:14 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: GTA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MRG
When do the aliens arrive?
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Don't be so naive... they've been here since 1947. Ask anyone in Roswell...
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06-26-2018, 09:42 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Colorado Mountains
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
An interesting factoid - the undergraduate institution with the greatest number of grads who became astronauts -- the U.S. Naval Academy. Three of my classmates entered the Astronaut Corps - Brent Jett, Wendy Lawrence and Kay Hire.
Honestly, I think the Navy would be the best current branch of the military to host the Space Force. They will be spaceships after all. In fact, I think the closest analog would be the US Navy Submarine Force. When you deploy on a submarine, you are in a medium hostile to life - open the door or spring a leak and you die. You are also in confined quarters for an extended period of time, often out of communication with the rest of the world, and entirely dependent on the supplies you carry with you and your own ingenuity for survival.
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I suspect there is a lot of competition for space assets and development programs with a lot of overlap. There may be some good reasoning in moving it all to one organization. I think the Air Force would have a problem moving it all to the Navy.
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06-26-2018, 09:50 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: The Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MRG
When do the aliens arrive?
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Yesterday one of the talking heads on cable news actually interrupted one of his panel to explain that when he was referring to “aliens” he meant people from other countries, not beings from another planet. Seriously. 
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06-26-2018, 10:24 AM
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When I was a young boy and had to go to the post office with my mother every January to register as a resident alien, I was always disappointed because My Favorite Martian was not there.
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