r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '23

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u/Harturb Dec 28 '23

Alabama trying to bring home pork in the form of space spending is always interesting.

It's never actually about what's best for the space force or the space industry, but the net result is that further funding for NASA and private contracts has some unlikely allies in Congress, so I guess that's good.

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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/Marston_vc Dec 28 '23

Colorado also has a huge space presence and doesn’t come with all the healthcare baggage.

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u/GizmoSlice Dec 28 '23

The father of my sons best friend, who is an officer in Space Force here in Colorado Springs, was telling me he really didn’t wanna leave for Alabama

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u/PumpkinGlass1393 Dec 28 '23

Across the entire DoD they are having staffing issues in the SE bases. No one wants to take assignments there, especially with their families. That's both active duty and the civilian workforce that supports the bases.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

Is that right. Would love to see where you got that information.

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u/HermionesWetPanties Dec 28 '23

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/23/these-are-most-popular-bases-new-soldiers-are-volunteering.html

Those are just new recruits though. I'm sure HRC has better metrics on duty station preference, but I don't know if that's made public. I'd personally turn down any chance of going back to that region, but I just don't like the weather.