spaceforce

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See also: space force, space-force, and Space Force

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Etymology

From space +‎ force. Coined in analogy to airforce.

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spaceforce (plural spaceforces)

  1. (military, space flight) A military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.
    • 1978, Jonathan Fast, Mortal Gods, →ISBN:
      "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?"
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2015, Rachel Searles, The Stolen Moon, →ISBN:
      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

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military spaceforce

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