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Would a Space Force mean the end of NASA?

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Associate Professor of Political Science, Cameron University
Crowds watch as the space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin

Space, that final frontier, is something that catches the attention of a country naturally inclined to believe in ideas like “Manifest Destiny” and American exceptionalism. But how well does a Space Force fit...

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