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.”

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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).