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SPACE FORCE: Ted Cruz Says Department Is Necessary To Protect Against Space Pirates

Ashe Schow

I don’t know about you, but every time I hear a politician or anyone else talk about President Donald Trump’s Space Force, I immediately hear the opening to the original Voltron series.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, just made Space Force sound 10 times more awesome — and ridiculous — by discussing how the department could be used to stop pirates in space.

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