U.S. Air Force creating new three-star position in charge of space

Tuesday, April 4 View this email in your browser News from the 33rd Space Symposium U.S. Air Force creating new three-star position in charge of space Phillip Swarts, COLORADO SPRINGS The U.S. Air Force is creating a three-star deputy chief of staff for space, Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, the head of Air Force Space Command, announced Tuesday. The idea is to have a high-ranking general in charge of organizing space efforts and policy for the service, similar to the Air Force's current deputy chief of staff positions for operations and intelligence, Raymond said at the 33rd annual Space Symposium. SEE FULL STORY Rogers calls for separate "Space Corps" within the Air Force Phillip Swarts, COLORADO SPRINGS Rep. Mike Rogers said the U.S. Air Force needs a separate "Space Corps" to handle military operations in orbit, and said he'll work to begin the process of setting up the organization. "We have to acknowledge that the national security space structure is broken," Rogers said in a Tuesday morning speech at the 33rd annual Space Symposium here. "It's very hard for a government bureaucracy to fix itself, and that's exactly why congressional oversight exists. It's the job of the Armed Services Committee to recognize when the bureaucracy is broken and to see that it's fixed." SEE FULL STORY Le Gall confident French Guiana launches will resume "in the coming days" Caleb Henry, COLORADO SPRINGS The head of the French space agency expects launch activity will resume soon at the European spaceport in French Guiana, where political protests have grounded Arianespace launches for the past two weeks. "The French government is working very hard to find a solution, and I am very, very confident that we will resume with the launches in the coming days," CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall said during an April 4 presentation at the 33rd Space Symposium here. SEE FULL STORY Wednesday's print edition of the SpaceNews Show Daily includes coverage of Gen. Raymond's keynote address, Rep. Mike Rogers' call for a Space Corps, a look at Orbital ATK's Next Generation Launch concept, an interview with the CEO of Ruag Space and more. GOT NEWS? If you have news you want to break during the show, be sure to email us. No promises, but we certainly can help get the word out. From the magazine Op-ed | Wishful thinking collides with policy, economic realities in 'Capitalism in Space' "Privatization of a previous government function (e.g., cargo transport to ISS) is not the same as commercialization," Scott Pace, the director of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute, writes in his critique of a new report from the Center for a New American Security. "Space launch today is about as commercial as a private shipyard that builds aircraft carriers and an occasional yacht." SEE FULL STORY Visit SpaceNews.com throughout the day for the latest from the 33rd Space Symposium.   Special coverage sponsored by Twitter LinkedIn Facebook About SpaceNews | Privacy Policy | Advertise Copyright © 2017 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314