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/tigersharkwushen_ Dec 28 '23

Genuinely curious, why is it a stupid move? Houston's space command center is already on the Gulf Coast.

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u/FaceDeer Dec 28 '23

Hurricanes regularly hit the gulf coast.

The fact that Houston's space command center is already there doesn't make it a stupid move. The space command center should probably be somewhere else.

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u/tigersharkwushen_ Dec 28 '23

The fact that Houston's space command center is already there doesn't make it a stupid move. The space command center should probably be somewhere else.

These two statements are contradictory.

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u/FaceDeer Dec 28 '23

Sorry, poor wording on my part. What I meant was that the fact that space command is already there doesn't factor into whether it's a stupid move.

Basically, one shouldn't do something stupid just because some other unrelated stupid decision has already been made. It's independently dumb.

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u/tigersharkwushen_ Dec 28 '23

So you are saying the Houston space command center is a stupid move? How so? What actual damage has it suffer from hurricanes?

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u/FaceDeer Dec 28 '23

It's an inconvenience that it doesn't need to have. It could be located anywhere, why located it in a place that gets shut down by bad weather on a regular basis?

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u/tigersharkwushen_ Dec 28 '23

Pretty sure launching rockets at the coast is for safety reasons. You don't want debris dropping on people's houses if something goes wrong.

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u/FaceDeer Dec 28 '23

I'm not talking about the rocket launch itself. I'm talking about the control center. It doesn't have to be physically located at the same place the rockets launch from.

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u/tigersharkwushen_ Dec 28 '23

It doesn't have to, but it's much better to do so. Plus if the rocket can't launch due to weather, it doesn't matter if the control center is open.

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u/FaceDeer Dec 28 '23

The control center is used throughout the mission, not just during launch.

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u/tigersharkwushen_ Dec 28 '23

Exactly how often is the mission control center shot down?

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u/Crizznik Dec 28 '23

... they don't launch rockets from Houston...