Defense News:
WASHINGTON ― The House Armed Services Committee approved a new military branch for space early Thursday.
The panel unanimously adopted the measure by a voice vote after debating for less than an hour. It was offered by Strategic Forces Subommittee chairman Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., who first offered the idea of a sixth branch two years ago.
“So the Space Corps is as close as we could make it to the proposal that passed this committee overwhelmingly,” Cooper said.
