![]() ![]() ![]() Kirk himself, William Shatner, expressed his opinion in Military Times beginning with the question “What the heck is wrong with you?” Shatner argues for the adoption of Naval ranks and provides as evidence examples solely from popular culture and science fiction. ![]() In August 2020, none other than Captain James T. This has played out in numerous op-ed pages, the social media accounts of prominent leaders, and even in the National Defense Authorization Act. The adoption of either air/ground ranks or maritime ranks has figured prominently in the debate about the United States Space Force (USSF). ![]() Space Force leaders should therefore focus on “de-science fictionalizing” to draw a distinction between imagined futures and strategic challenges of today. Thus, the leaders of the Space Force are forced to address the cognitive dissonance between what the public expects and what the Space Force can actually achieve in the near- to mid-term. This is even more true with respect to the public’s view of the Space Force. The space domain is susceptible to science fiction-based influences because of the unknowns that remain with space-based operations. This article begins by analyzing both qualitative and quantitative evidence of a science fiction-Space Force link, and finds that this link has been prevalent over the past several years. Yet being compared to science fiction also presents challenges for the Space Force. For the most part, the science fiction connections are not new in the history of space and can be beneficial. As the United States Space Force has been debated and ultimately stood up, it has often been linked with various science fiction undertakings, most prominently, Star Trek. ![]()
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