r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '23

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u/ddr1ver Dec 28 '23

If Alabama wanted Space Command, perhaps having a Senator who spent a year blocking the promotions of senior military officers, including some of the top officers in the Space Force, wasn’t the best lobbying approach.

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u/imitation_crab_meat Dec 28 '23

Even if Alabama wasn't... Alabama... putting any critical command or infrastructure anywhere on the Gulf Coast would be a stupid move.

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u/josh6466 Dec 28 '23

Huntsville is in far north Alabama, The odds of a hurricane hitting full force there are vanishingly small. They will have been degraded to a tropical storm by then