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Just had to chime in here with a little known fact. The Air Force already accomplishes 95%+ of space missions in the U.S. NASA has always been about furthering the human exploration/research of space and their mission explains that. Most satellites and rocket launches have always been accomplished by the USAF. Even NASA's research satellites are launched by the Air Force. As a matter of fact, NASA doesn't even own ANY rockets. They are shifting back from the shuttle mission to rockets, but they don't have any now, minus single purpose/special types, i.e. curiosity's Atlas V, which they got from the Air Force/international scientific community. You ever noticed that most of the rockets say USAF on the side? Just some food for thought.
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