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Zorro

(17,206 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:00 PM Apr 10

Space Command move to Huntsville will be announced very soon, congressman says: Contractors 'ready to turn dirt'

A top Alabama congressman is predicting U.S. Space Command will announce its pending relocation to Huntsville this month.

In an interview Tuesday with Auburn University’s “Cyber Focus” podcast, Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said contractors are “ready to turn dirt” the day the announcement is made.

“I expect sometime during the month of April that Space Command will officially be assigned to build its headquarters in Huntsville,” Rogers told Frank Cilluffo, director of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.

“We do expect it to be announced right after the Air Force Secretary is named.”

https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2025/04/space-command-move-to-huntsville-will-be-announced-very-soon-congressman-says-contractors-ready-to-turn-dirt.html

Seems to be a wasteful and expensive move to me and just a sop to Alabammy Republicans. Space Command is well-entrenched in CSprings with all the military and space activities in the local area (including the Air Force Academy), and although Huntsville is a nice blue enclave, it already has a major NASA facility there (Marshall).

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Space Command move to Huntsville will be announced very soon, congressman says: Contractors 'ready to turn dirt' (Original Post) Zorro Apr 10 OP

Screw every day Americans while making GOP cronies rich. Irish_Dem Apr 10 #1

Democrats need to retaliate RJ-MacReady Apr 10 #2

Huntsville was already getting over-crowded ThoughtCriminal Apr 10 #3

Apparently, this move was scheduled under trump 1. Then Biden's admin canceled it upon taking office. This retailiation Silent Type Apr 10 #4

The 3 universities in Huntsville Comrade Citizen Apr 10 #5

Strange RWB3 Apr 10 #6

Irish_Dem

(68,128 posts)

1. Screw every day Americans while making GOP cronies rich.

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:01 PM

Apr 10

RJ-MacReady

(361 posts)

2. Democrats need to retaliate

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:03 PM

Apr 10

When in power move NASA to a blue state and any other federal department from red states to blue states.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,517 posts)

3. Huntsville was already getting over-crowded

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:29 PM

Apr 10

It's a nice place to live, but more sprawl and traffic is going to erode the quality of life there. But it is also another city where what developers want, developers get.

Silent Type

(8,971 posts)

4. Apparently, this move was scheduled under trump 1. Then Biden's admin canceled it upon taking office. This retailiation

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:38 PM

Apr 10

junk is getting old. There was some disagreement at that time within military whether the move was warranted.

Comrade Citizen

(327 posts)

5. The 3 universities in Huntsville

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:25 PM

Apr 10

I remember staying in Huntsville and visiting UAH, Oakwood, and A&M. I stayed on the NW side of Huntsville for convenient access to them.

The local white folks told me it's not safe around there because its the "dark section". Its only safe to live on the SE side and Madison.
I'd rather be around the areas of education than around the white trash with cash in Madison and the SE side.

RWB3

(2 posts)

6. Strange

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 05:32 PM

Apr 10

Colorado is as blue as can be but Colorado Springs/El Paso county is ruby red. Kind of like moving Space Command to Boulder.

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