Will the United States Space Force (USSF) become an issue in the 2024 election? Can the service ever detach itself from the political legacy of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump?
The question matters for more than just a marginal point or two in a few states across the union. The USSF continues to struggle to find a place for itself within the defense conversation and the national security bureaucracy. Indeed, the viability of the Force is fundamentally a political question, one that has its foundation in the political origins of the service. The USSF’s existence is a bureaucratic reality, but the political f …