{"id":100499,"date":"2020-01-04T19:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T03:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/steven-kwast-the-urgent-need-for-a-u-s-space-force"},"modified":"2020-01-04T19:43:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T03:43:35","slug":"steven-kwast-the-urgent-need-for-a-u-s-space-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/steven-kwast-the-urgent-need-for-a-u-s-space-force","title":{"rendered":"Steven Kwast | The Urgent Need for a U.S. Space Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steven Kwast | The Urgent Need for a U.S. Space Force\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KsPLmb6gAdw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Starfleet Begins<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Steven L. Kwast is a retired Air Force general and former commander of the Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering, he holds a master\u2019s degree in public policy from Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School of Government. He is a past president of the Air Force\u2019s Air University in Montgomery, Alabama, and a former fighter pilot with extensive combat and command experience. He is the author of the study, \u201cFast Space: Leveraging Ultra Low-Cost Space Access for 21st Century Challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2010, and coinciding with the opening of Hillsdale College\u2019s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Capitol Hill, the College has hosted an annual Constitution Day Celebration in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.<\/p>\n<p>The program\u2014which features speeches, debates, and roundtable discussions\u2014explores the continuing relevance of the Founders\u2019 Constitution for American politics today.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women \u201cgrateful to God for the inestimable blessings\u201d resulting from civil and religious liberty and \u201cbelieving that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.\u201d It pursues the stated object of the founders: \u201cto furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education\u201d outstanding among American colleges \u201cand to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.\u201d As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains \u201cby precept and example\u201d the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/steven-kwast-the-urgent-need-for-a-u-s-space-force\">Continue reading \u201cSteven Kwast | The Urgent Need for a U.S. Space Force\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starfleet Begins Steven L. Kwast is a retired Air Force general and former commander of the Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering, he holds a master\u2019s degree in public policy from Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School of Government. 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