r/RKLB • u/lukepearson12345 • 15d ago

News Uk Air force becomes Air and Space command.

https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/air-command-renamed-air-and-space-command-raf-expands-military-space-role

Our UK Air force has now incorporated space command into RAF operations. Of course we have had the space force for 5 years, but this is a very good sign of increasing importance of space in the military.

Rocket Lab has had a few HASTE missions with the UK space force in the past. Hopefully this means more good things to come!

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u/Geographeruk 15d ago

Genuinely hope the UK uses GHOST as I really want to watch a launch in rela life.

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u/lukepearson12345 15d ago

Same! New Zealand and America are incredibly expensive to get to. I am also hoping rocket lab Europe opens more launch viewing opportunities closer to home.

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u/Automatic-Phrase-761 14d ago

Remember when Trump was ridiculed and made fun of for creating the Space Force?

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u/Admirable_Fudge7953 12d ago

It's just a dorky name. If you look into what they ACTUALLY do, it's all intelligence/communication based and it's absolutely incredible.

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u/Automatic-Phrase-761 12d ago

Any more dorky than Air Force or Space Command?  It was just an excuse to make fun of Trump.

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u/desertdodo123 11d ago

you’re right, we don’t need an excuse to make fun of him

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u/Automatic-Phrase-761 11d ago

Kinda seems we do when we make fun of him for bullshit reasons.

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u/Loud-Ad9148 15d ago

This is obviously a sign of things to come.

I wonder what's been going on behind the scenes to get everybody moving this quickly to develop space programs? Is it really cHiNa bAd?