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Space

Report Finds Space Force Could Cost Less than $3 Billion in New Funding

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, November 19th, 2018

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Report Finds Space Force Could Cost Less than $3 Billion in New Funding

Falcon Heavy lifts off from Florida during its first flight Feb. 6, 2018. (Photo: SpaceX)

A new independent report released Monday asserts that it will take between $1.5 billion and $2.7 billion over five years to stand up some variation of a separate military branch dedicated to space, assuming the intelligence community is not included.Three potential scenarios for a new space-related military branch are laid out in the report, titled, “How Much Will the Space Force Cost?” and written by Todd Harrison, director of the Aerospace Security Project and defense budget analyst at the Washington,…

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