A sci-fi-flavored Air Force Space Command, as imagined by Air Force Space Command.

Dan Leone talks to military space buff Brian Weeden: erstwhile nuclear missile operator, former space surveillance officer, aspiring policy Ph.D, and technical adviser at the Secure World Foundation think tank in Washington.

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Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications...