MONTCLAIR, NJ — Former U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin – one of the first two humans to walk on the moon – may have just given a big thumbs-up to President Donald Trump’s proposed “Space Force.”
On Friday, Aldrin posted a curious-but-brief message on Twitter: “One giant leap in the right direction. #SpaceForce”
Aldrin, a graduate of Montclair High School, was commenting on a tweet from Vice President Mike Pence which read: “Since day one of our administration, @POTUS has kept his promise to restore America’s proud legacy of leadership in space. Now the time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our Armed Forces. The time has come to establish the United States #SpaceForce.”
In a recent speech at the Pentagon, Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump has promised to ensure America is dominant in space, which was once peaceful and uncontested but is now crowded and adversarial.
Hence the president’s proposed creation of the sixth branch of the military… the U.S. Space Force.
“Now the time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield where America’s best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new generation of threats to our people, to our nation,” said Pence. “The time has come to establish the United States Space Force.”
Aldrin’s Twitter comment was somewhat surprising to many social media users, who turned his infamous “eye roll” during Trump’s “space talk” speech last year into a viral video sensation.
Some of the critical comments that Twitter users left for Aldrin included:
However, many Twitter users also sided with Aldrin and urged their peers to look closer at the president’s proposed “Space Force” concept… in the name of science:
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