Space Force prospects 'could hardly be brighter,' says Democrat on Armed Services Committee

A Democratic backer of the 2017 attempt to create a Space Corps predicts President Trump’s Space Force proposal will easily clear the House Armed Services Committee and stands a good chance of winning wider congressional approval.

“I think the prospects could hardly be brighter,” Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper said Wednesday at a forum on space sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “I think we’re on a path here to achieve everyone’s goals, which is first, you know, greater capability for our country.”