ADAM: SERIOUS QUESTIONS BEING
RAISED AFTER VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE THE DEMONSTRATION WAS
CONGRESS FOR A BILLION DOLLARS
TO CREATE A NEW MILITARY UNIT,
THE SPACE FORCE.
THE BIGGEST QUESTION, HOW THE
WORLD IS UNITED STATES GOING TO
PAY FOR IT?
LAST NIGHT ON "MAKING MONEY"
RETIREMENT ASTRONAUT KELLY SAID
THERE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS.
>> I HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE SAY
AT LEAST, TO ME.
I'M NOT COME ACROSS ANYONE THAT
IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND TO
GET SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY
PART OF OUR DEFENSE STRATEGY.
ADAM: 20 ME NOW IS CALIFORNIA
REPRESENTATIVE TENTATIVE DANA
ROHRBACHER, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
WANT ANY RESPONSE?
>> IS THE SAME ARGUMENT WE ARE
YOU SPEND MONEY FOR INSURANCE IS
A TOTAL WASTE.
NO, INSURANCE POLICIES ARE GOOD
AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD THIS
INSURANCE POLICY WHICH IS AN
ACTUAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS SET
UP SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT OUR
SPACE-BASED ASSETS WHICH ARE
ESSENTIAL TO OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR
PROSPERITY.
WE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE ASSETS
AND THE PRESIDENT IS ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
OUR SHORELINE MUST HAVE A
SPECIFIC FORCE THAT WILL PROTECT
THOSE ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE ARE SAFE AND
PROSPEROUS.
ADAM: BY NOT HAVE THE AIR FORCE
FOR THE UNITS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE TAKE UP
THAT ROLE?
THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
>> NO, -
>> NO, .
ADAM: WOULDN'T IT SAVE MONEY?
>> WHY SHOULD WE HAVE ANY
BRANCH?
WHY NOT JUST HAVE THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
BRINKLEY, NO NAVY DEPARTMENT, NO
AIR FORCE, NO ARMY, NO MARINES,
NO, WE NEED SOMEONE NOW AND
WE'VE REACHED A POINT IN OUR
CIVILIZATION WHERE IF WE LOSE
CERTAIN SATELLITES WE ARE
DOOMED.
WE LOSE CERTAIN SATELLITES WE
ARE VULNERABLE.
NOT ONLY THAT AND IN TERMS OF AN
DEFEND AGAINST - I HAPPEN TO
BELIEVE WILL END UP WITH A NEW
SPACE FORCE AS RESPONSE ABILITY
BUT WHAT ABOUT AN ASTEROID IS
HEADED TOWARD THE EARTH.
FOR TEN YEARS OF TRYING TO BEG
PEOPLE THAT WE NEED A SYSTEM IN
PLACE IN CASE WE SPOT SOMETHING
THAT COULD CAUSE MILLIONS OF
LIVES OR DESTROY THE PLANET IF
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEFLECT IT
SOON ENOUGH.
ADAM: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY -
>> THIS FORCE COULD DO THAT.
ADAM: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
MAINTAINS THE NUCLEAR STOCKPILE
SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED BUT WHAT
I'M GETTING AT, IN THE PAST, THE
AIR FORCE AND AS CAPTAIN KELLY
EXPLAINED THESE ISSUES THEY ARE
WERE HANDLED BY EXISTING
DEPARTMENTS AND NOW WE'LL TALK
ABOUT IS CREATING A NEW
DEPARTMENT BUT ISN'T IT MORE
EFFICIENT TO DO IT WHEN WE HAVE
SYSTEMS IN PLACE THEY CAN DO IT
>> NO, THEY HAVE OTHER
RESPONSIBLE IS.
PEOPLE REALIZE.
A POINT IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WE
NEEDED A SPECIFIC AREA IN OUR
DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT WAS FOCUSED
ON AIRPLANES AND AIR FORCE IT
USED TO BE ARMY AIR CORPS BUT WE
DON'T NEED TO PUT IT RIGHT INTO
THE BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE WE
HAVE BUT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE
TODAY THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE 50
ESSENTIAL TO OUR SECURITY AND
ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE FOCUS ON
THE THREATS, WHETHER CYBER OR
OTHERWISE, AND TO THAT BUT
NATURAL THREATS WHERE METEORITES
NEED GLOBAL DEFENSE IN A
SPECIFIC UNIT THAT HAS
RESPONSIBLY RATHER THAN BEING A
PART OF THE AIR FORCE GO BACK
AND BE PART OF THE ARMY AIR
CORPS OR HAVING THE COAST GUARD
AS PART OF THE US NAVY.