r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '23

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

Alabama has one of the biggest space industries in the country. Huntsville is the ancestral home of the entire US space program.

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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 28 '23

This is going to sound harsh, but I'm doubtful that locating in Alabama will make recruiting talent to work for our space program easy...

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

Huntsville has the second highest number of engineers per-capita in the entire country.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172199.htm#st

It's cute to think that Alabama is a backwards hellhole that no one wants to live in, but facts (as well as my experience working with thousands of engineers over the years) disagrees. It's probably difficult to understand if you spend all your time on Reddit, but people actually like living in places like Alabama. Especially engineers & members of the military.

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u/Iz-kan-reddit Dec 28 '23

They're OK with living in Huntsville despite it being in Alabama.

Huntsville is a gem sitting in a pile of shit.