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ancianita

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16. Theory: a reward to keep AL red -- remove military $ from a blue state & reward a red state.

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:25 PM

Sep 2

Most folks already know Huntsville's been a key military/tech town for a while ... looks like trump's moving the space op command back to where it started...

During the war, the U.S. Army established Redstone Arsenal in the vicinity, with a chemical weapons plant and related facilities. After the war, additional research was conducted at Redstone Arsenal on rockets, followed by adaptations for space exploration. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command, and most recently the FBI's operational support headquarters, all were sited at Redstone Arsenal...

In 1950, about 1,000 personnel were transferred from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Redstone Arsenal to form the Ordnance Guided Missile Center (OGMC). Central to this was a group of about 200 German scientists and engineers, led by Wernher von Braun; they had been brought from Nazi Germany to the United States by Colonel Holger Toftoy under Operation Paperclip following World War II. Assigned to the center at Huntsville, they settled and raised families...

The city is nicknamed "The Rocket City" for its close association with U.S. space missions.[43] On January 31, 1958, ABMA placed America's first satellite, Explorer 1, into orbit using a Jupiter-C launch vehicle, a descendant of the Redstone. This brought national attention to Redstone Arsenal and Huntsville, with widespread recognition of this being a major center for high technology...

Huntsville was selected as the permanent home of the United States Space Operations Command in 2020, but in 2023 the Pentagon announced that the temporary headquarters would be expanded and remain in Colorado....[46]

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Trump set to move Space Command headquarters to Alabama from Colorado, sources say [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2 OP

More wasted money for nothing Nigrum Cattus Sep 2 #1

THIS? FalloutShelter Sep 2 #2

Of course BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #7

Theory: a reward to keep AL red -- remove military $ from a blue state & reward a red state. ancianita Sep 2 #16

The Air Force Academy and NORAD are still in CO BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #17

Yes they are. ancianita Sep 2 #19

I'm a Trekkie!! BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #20

Do tell! ancianita Sep 2 #22

A Creation Con in Cherry Hill, NJ BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #23

So glad for all your fun memories! ancianita Sep 2 #24

Expect some slow rolling and quiet quitting roscoeroscoe Sep 2 #3

True-dat SpankMe Sep 2 #6

we have a space command? samnsara Sep 2 #4

This current iteration was established during his first term near the end of 2019 BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #10

Y'gotta pronounce it properly Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #41

Colorado Springs is deep red. Trump is alienating his own people SpankMe Sep 2 #5

Colorado Springs (that I have visited, literally 40 years ago this year... yikes) BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #18

I wouldn't count on the Springs going less red Mountain Mule Sep 2 #31

But what it illustrates is a difference in "red" BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #32

See post 34, and realize there are a good many good Dems here. niyad Sep 2 #35

See post 34. About yemi. . definitely not my first choice, when I saw that niyad Sep 2 #36

I actually followed that election BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #40

It's not as red as it was. LeftInTX Sep 2 #25

Colorado Springs/El Paso County, is actually turning bluer. From beating niyad Sep 2 #34

I have a friend there Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #42

Huntsville is one of the cradles of the space program hueymahl Sep 2 #8

THIS is his big threat to Colorado? bluestarone Sep 2 #9

You are confusing/conflating tina peters (voting machine fraud) with niyad Sep 2 #37

Ah, ty. So TSF did threaten Colorado to release Tina Peters or else. bluestarone Sep 2 #38

He, or his handlers, have been planning this for a while. Felon Peters niyad Sep 2 #39

Space Force and Space Command aren't the same thing. patphil Sep 2 #11

"Space Command" is a joint thing that Biden had moved "permanently" to CO (but obviously nothing is "permanent" ) BumRushDaShow Sep 2 #14

NORAD is in Colorado Springs. I think Colorado was originally chosen because of the interior location and clear LeftInTX Sep 2 #12

Along with the absolute lack of Hurricanes, floods, and political disasters. Ford_Prefect Sep 2 #13

And the mountain that can survive nukes Bengus81 Sep 2 #15

Its a little more complex. The first US Space Command (USSPACECOM) shared a Commander and Headquarters with NORAD, 24601 Sep 2 #26

Shouldn't he timms139 Sep 2 #21

Just watched his announcement live KS Toronado Sep 2 #27

"Trump set to move Space Command headquarters to Alabama..." LudwigPastorius Sep 2 #28

A new Director has been named to Space Farce. twodogsbarking Sep 2 #29

So how is this making money for trump? Paladin Sep 2 #30

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.... reACTIONary Sep 2 #33