Posted on 08/07/2023 11:56:16 AM PDT by Fish Speaker
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden today ended two years of suspense by deciding that US Space Command’s headquarters will remain in Colorado Springs, Colo. — overturning the January 2021 decision by President Donald Trump to move it to Huntsville, Ala.
Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs has been the preferred choice of the top military space brass ever since the basing process began way back in 2018. Trump’s decision was made over their concerns that moving SPACECOM from its current home (previously the home of Air Force Space Command) would needless delay its full operational capability.
Biden, in the end, shared those concerns.
“The most significant factor the President considered was the impact a move would have to operational readiness to confront space-enabled threats during a critical time in this dynamic security environment. U.S Space Command headquarters will achieve ‘full operational capability’ at Colorado Springs later this month. Maintaining the headquarters there maintains operational readiness and ensures no disruption to its mission or to its personnel,” a senior administration official told Breaking Defense in an email.
“A move to Alabama, by contrast, would have forced upon that command a transition process between the mid-2020’s and the opening of the new site in the early to mid-2030’s. The President found that risk unacceptable, especially given the challenges we may face in the space domain during this critical time period. Locating Headquarters U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs ensures peak readiness in the space domain for our nation during a critical period.”
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This article makes it seem as if it was a political decision to begin with (on Trump’s part).
My understanding is that there is a list of requirements for the Space Command HQ and Huntsville checked all of the boxes so was awarded the location for Space Command. In the meantime, Colorado kept upgrading their facilities (and by some accounts I’ve heard, there’s speculation as to whether the funding sources were appropriate).
The original choice to put it in Huntsville was based on the accommodations that were already there and everyone had agreed on it.
No... it didn't. This was a completely, overtly political decision. In fact, Colorado's site wasn't even the second-best choice... by all accounts it was more like 5th best. This was every bit about punishing Alabama and spurning Trump, and nothing about selecting the best site for the DoD.
Childish and political.
You can’t find a house in Colorado Springs and prices are obscene.
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