spaceforce

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1. space flightgovernmentA military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.

   "Wouldn't fit through the window," Lex apologized. "Anyway, a starship's a big responsibility — you're planning to join the spaceforce, aren't you?"

   1978, Jonathan Fast, Mortal Gods, →ISBN

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   The MSP may eventually become part of a new spaceforce that coordinates the broad range of defensive and offensive space assets. In addition, a new emphasis is being placed upon NASA and the U.S. Air Force to coordinate activity on such a space plane/RLV development.

   2003, A Charania, “Operational Capabilities and Legal Implications of a Military Space Plane”, in Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, volume 45, University of California, School of Law, Part 2002

   Now, the Federation needed some sort of body to enforce its regulations, but the alphas were unable to agree on how to organize this, so Earth, who had the largest and most advanced spaceforce, offered to establish the Federal Fleet

   2015, Rachel Searles, The Stolen Moon, →ISBN

   Synonyms: spatial force

1. alternativeAlternative form of Space Force.

   SpaceForce, she said. SpaceForce would change my life, and right now, my life seriously needed a change.

   2015, J. Naomi Ay, Amyr's Command

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   Finally, you don’t have to be a soothsayer to understand that the China/US conflict can lead to an acceleration of the climate and worldwide economic crisis. Who is worrying about that in Washington or Beijing? Not SpaceForce. They are apolitical.

   2020, Frank Pournelle, Spaceforce Update As China Outmatches US

   The experts hoped that this would give SpaceForce a fighting chance over Eden. Simon felt a thrill course through him as the two alien vessels swelled in his sights.

   2012, Mark E. Burgess, The Battle for Eden

1. alternativeAlternative form of Space Force.

   I won't now. Spaceforce will pick him up.

   1961, Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Door Through Space

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   “It is, Captain Gray,” a European Spaceforce admiral told him. “Operation Cygni, a joint European-American scientific and first-contact expedition to the star Deneb."

   2018, Ian Douglas, Bright Light, →ISBN

   Sure, there wasn't a shortage of Spaceforce personnel who didn't envy him. With a cushy post as one of four aides-de-camp to the Supreme Commander of the Spaceforce, his future was secure.

   1981, James R. Berry, Quas Starbrite, →ISBN