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I posted this question in other places, and I figure an update of important points brought up there was a good idea. One person mentioned that it would be the group that developed the technology, they would be the parent of the Space Force. Obviously, the only group working on it is the Air Force--- or maybe even NASA [what is NASA's rank system?].
This reminded me of Babylon 5, they use some Army ranks too. Perhaps when it started out way back when, Earth's Air Forces parented the Space Forces and when the other branches caught up the Naval ranks and system became predominant aboard starships. But that's B5.
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NASA doesn't have a rank system. It's a civilian agency. I mean, you have things like "pilots" and "mission commanders," but these are job descriptions.
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NASA doesn't have a rank system as it's not a military organization. It uses those of the US military. This means that a Colonel can serve alongside a Commander and that the Colonel outranks the Commander.
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In the situation described, I imagine it would be a multi-service crew. Probably NASA astronauts would form the majority of the flight crew, with military in command to actully fight the thing.
I suppose Navy ranks do make most sense for a future Space Force/Fleet/Whatever. They do have ships, after all and the crew arrangement and organisation would seem to be derived from the Navy. Although, I don't see why they couldn't just make up their own ranks, like the air force did.
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I meant virtually all other air forces in the world, which have their own system, usually derived from ours (British). You know, Flight Leiutenant, Group Captain, Airman, Air Marshal, etc, etc.
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I figure that with a promising prospect of going to the stars, there would be an independent Space Corps after a short transition phase. But until then I would assume that rather the Air Force takes care of the ships because of their aerospace expertise (however underdeveloped), even though the command structure would be more like in the Navy on Trek ships.
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