[World Building] A Future History of Space Force

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

I can see any Space Force (not just the US Space Force but also China, India, a more consolidated EU, etc.) shifting to naval ranks as it shifts from primarily unmanned satellite launches to long-term manned spacecraft. I can also see them having psychiatric requirements similar to modern submarine services (you have to spend weeks if not months enclosed in a metal tube where any mental freak-out from even minor claustrophobia or just "I don't like being around the same people all the time" can cause potentially lethal accidents to the entire crew).

Here's a fun fact about China. It's actual navy uses army ranks just with "sea" in front. So a literal translation of their equivalent of 'admiral" is "sea-general"