You're welcome. I like the new base names, too--they are "timelessly 1950s" (reminiscent of the forward-looking era when we didn't limit ourselves; if we needed atomic rockets to send expeditions to the planets, then by Pegasus' mane, we'd just do it!). I wouldn't know what I do about the U.S. Space Force if I didn't know Roy Houchin (USAF, retired, Colonel and Dr. [in spaceflight history]), who is now with the U.S. Space Force's History Office. The USSF isn't a new idea (it dates back to 1958), and it has been discussed and proposed from time to time since then, but:

Today, space operations have reached such a level of military importance that it now makes sense to have a dedicated Space Force (just as the U.S. Air Force--due to the increased importance of military aviation in World War II--made sense by the late 1940s). This doesn't mean that the Air Force, Navy, and Army won't still have space capabilities of their own; they will just specialize in branch-specific ones, just as the Army specialized in helicopter and specialty fixed-wing aircraft operations after the U.S. Army Air Corps became the U.S. Air Force. Also:

I hadn't known about the deep heritage of Willy Ley's book, either, until I bought the last (1969) edition from an AbeBooks.com bookseller not long ago (I already had a mid-1950s edition, and I didn't think he had revised it beyond that). Willy Ley died on June 24, 1969, so he got to see Apollo 8, Apollo 9, and Apollo 10 (the May 18 - 26 lunar orbit/close approach dress rehearsal for Apollo 11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10 ). Arthur C. Clarke wrote that he and Willy's other friends all felt an emotion close to anger, *for* Willy, because the Moon landing was something he had looked forward to for most of his life. As well:

Willy Ley appeared on Walt Disney's television program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley , and here (see: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=willy+ley ) are several television appearances by Dr. Ley. He was also the scientific advisor for the Golden Record, "A Child's Introduction to Outer Space" (it can be heard *here* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1i0nnR1bSo and ^here^ [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eliDhERy3E & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwmGiPvEWbA&t=39s ]). I listened to my 33-1/3 LP record of it when I was growing up, and it remains a great way to brainwash...er, introduce rocketry and space flight to kids... :-)

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The U S Space FArce car is already in the pits due to HITTING THE WALL at Indy on LAP 2.

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Space forces don't do well with combustion engines, tire changes, and left turns. I think they will fare better with reaction motors, LOX, and orbital trajectories.

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"Space Farce."

Inspiration for a new Gooney (however you choose to spell it) Bird? ;

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--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


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Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Monogram used to kit a parody airplane called the "Flap Jack" in their "Lights Action Sound" line.
It included U.S. Air FARCE decals.

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knn-miACqNo

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Hey GH, wasn't your Dad in the Air "Farce?" Doesn't this make you a big joke?

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Yes, my Dad was USAF, and be decidedly did NOT like those decals.
Actually neither did I.

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

I didn't even know they had a race car; that whole concept seems...odd (it would be like NASA, JAXA, ESA, ISRO, or Roscosmos having a race car).

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http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511
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The US Army has sponsored drag racing for decades, so it isn't a stretch. I believe it has sponsored cars in NASCAR too, but I don't watch it and I'm not sure. I like races with two wheels and both left and right turns.

Don Prudhome was my favorite top fuel/funny car guy back in the early 70's. When I got into it he was running a Vega funny car, which was the world's first 5 second 240 mph car. Now they regularly run 3 second 300+ mph times! At any rate, he was sponsored by Army after his Hot Wheels sponsorship with Tom McEwen. I built a couple 1/16 models of this beast.

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