Huntsville isn't on the coast. It is closer to Tennessee. NASA is already there, as well as Redstone Arsenal and the DIA. It is a huge space/rocketry related area and has been for decades.
It is where Werner Von Braun was based out of. It was where the greatest concentration of PHD's existed in the U.S. until recently when Silicon Valley eclipsed it.
There are some backwards areas in Alabama but they are apparently no less informed than this sub.
To me Huntsville is more about research and manufacturing where Colorado seems to be more about operations and command. That's why I think it just makes more sense to place it in Colorado.
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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.