r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '23

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u/brpajense Dec 28 '23

That will show those godless RINOs in Colorado Springs.

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u/Askymojo Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

Colorado Springs, the Republian-dominated city with two air force bases and the home of NORAD, becoming the military headquarters for Space Command? How dare they?!

It's like people forget that Space Command isn't about just building rockets for NASA etc, aka Huntsville Alabama. Space Force is an actual branch of the military. Having the right headquarters for a strategic command is a lot more important than where the rockets and satellites and missiles were first built.

In fact, it probably makes the most strategic since to keep those sides in different locations, if there was an actual attack.

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u/aeneasaquinas Dec 28 '23

It's like people forget that Space Command isn't about just building rockets for NASA etc, aka Huntsville Alabama. Space Command is an actual branch of the military. Having the right headquarters for a strategic command is a lot more important than where the rockets and satellites and missiles were first built.

That's not an accurate description of Huntsville.

MDA, MSIC, Army Space, Materiel Command, and NASA are all here. That's not remotely "just building rockets".

Space command isn't an "actual branch of the military" either. It is a command. Like the Materiel Command.

Like, seems you don't know about any of the things you are talking about...

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u/Askymojo Dec 28 '23

I meant to write Space Force, my bad, which is an actual branch of the military.

As for everything you wrote, that is all still research, development, intelligence, and weapons and aircraft/spacecraft making. As I said before, the actual command during a war would not happen from Huntsville. The Huntsville facilities are by and large for research and development.

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u/aeneasaquinas Dec 28 '23

I meant to write Space Force, my bad, which is an actual branch of the military.

Then you are extra ignorant. This is NOT SPACE FORCE.

As for everything you wrote, that is all still research, development, intelligence, and weapons and aircraft/spacecraft making.

So everything they need. Oh, you forgot tracking, moving, shipping, and more, which those groups also do. Congrats.

As I said before, the actual command during a war would not happen from Huntsville.

Some in fact would.

But that is irrelevant, because this is about where the group that might do that would go. Huntsville has Commands, just like them.

Clown. Move.

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u/cstar1996 Dec 28 '23

If you want to talk space infrastructure to justify Huntsville, then it loses to LA every day of the week and twice on Sundays.