This was initially inspired by this article on Sputnik International, about the six military bases up for consideration for Space Force headquarters. After some curious digging, I’ve noticed they’ve gone from “Mars Awaits” to the slightly more modest “back to the Moon in 5 years”. Of course, the goal that’s grabbing the attention of millions of us is VP Man From GLAD’s consideration of nuclear weapons deployment in space.

Goes without saying Elon Musk is on board with the idea; I’m guessing his long game will involve a need for a few hundred Space Grunts to guard his gated Martian colonies for the rich.

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As most of you have heard, last week the comedy team of Trump and Pence announced an $8 billion splashdown for a new military branch, the U.S. Space Force — and are also apparently inviting submissions for the logo design.

So what are they gonna do, fight giant bugs? Actually, I’m thinking the Space Grunts are gonna be guarding Elon Musk’s gated Martian colonies for the rich.

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A follow-up to the poster in solidarity with the rogue National Park Service Twitter feed, here’s one in solidarity with all the guys’n’gals working the new rogue NASA feed.

Big ups from an old “Apollo Kid”.

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As excited as I am about the discovery of liquid water on Mars, I still can’t help wondering… will the first humans on Mars be a bunch of Nestlé workers with a big drilling rig?

After all, let’s not forget that the CEO of Nestlé thinks that water isn’t a human right, and should be privatized.

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