A step closer to reality:

Trump signs Space Force directive

Under this directive, the USSF would initially be a part of the USAF. The exact cost of creating the USSF is unclear, with estimates ranging from $5 billion to $13 billion. That’s sure a lot of money. Gosh, I wonder if we could afford to spend that much on space…

After nearly $50 billion, NASA’s deep-space plans remain grounded

Seems so. Heck, this is money spent without a single space launch so far. Thirteen billion dollars to create a Space Force seems damned cheap in comparison.

 

It seems to be a day for high dollar amounts. Such as this:

Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million

While the facts seem certain that the WaPo slandered the kid and deserves to pay through the nose, $250 Million is how much Bezos paid for the company. it’s unlikely that a lawsuit would score $250 million. But chances seem fair that a fat, hefty settlement should be in the offing. A settlement big enough to not only set up the kid for life, but to put the scare into a whole bunch of those media and celebrity vampires who jumped on the hatred bandwagon.

I doubt that Nic Sandmann will end up a billionaire out of all this, but it’s an amusing thought. When you go through the tweets of twits like these, who, based on the manufactured hate that the media invented, called for Nick Sandmann’s mother to be fired from her job… well, some accountability seems to be called for. Perhaps Nick can invest his multimillions wisely, become and actual billionaire, and help fund some colonization missions to Mars and the asteroids. A good bit of synergy between a wealth transfer from the racist left to reasonable people, and a leftist-rage-inducing Space Force.