United States
Space Force


Remarks by CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman at the 2024 Space Symposium (April 10, 2024)

Protects Commercializing Space Force Leadership

In the Solar System, protects commercializing space: spaceports, spacecraft, space stations orbiting Earth, communities on the Moon, Mars and other planets, plus mining resources on planets. moons, asteroids and comets.

  • Partners with business, universities and colleges to educate millions of students and the general public on the opportunities for exploring space.
  • Propose the Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota be upgraded to Ellsworth Space Force Spaceport along with other Air Force Bases.
  • Space Force Academy be built next to Ellsworth Space Force Spaceport to educate thousands of young men and women to become future leaders in exploring space plus future spacecraft and starship captains.

In the Milky Way Galaxy, protects commercializing space: starships taking millions of explorers, entrepreneurs, and tourists to hundreds of Earth-like planets orbiting the stars and joins the United Federation of Planets.