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Ground troops trained for space operations are too expensive to maintain.
Space Marines would also require specialized transports to ferry them into space.
Space Marines aren’t happening not now, and not in the foreseeable future. That’s the disappointing news from a recent conference on science fiction and naval warfare.
During last week’s NavyCon 2021, the U.S. Naval Academy-sponsored conference in which speakers discuss the intersection of present-day military matters and sci-fi, an aerospace expert determined that ground troops aren’t just limited in space a domain that lacks actual “ground” but it would also be extremely expensive to train, equip, and transport them.
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