Trump will announce Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

Space Command's functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches.

Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim Space Command because it has significant implications for the local economy. The site also has been a political prize, with elected officials from both Alabama and Colorado asserting their state is the better location.

Huntsville, Alabama, nicknamed Rocket City, has long been home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is also located in Huntsville, which drew its nickname because of its role in building the first rockets for the U.S. space program.

The announcement caps a four-year back-and-forth on the location of Space Command.

The Air Force in 2021 identified Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the preferred location for the new U.S. Space Command. The city was picked after site visits to six states that compared factors such as infrastructure capacity, community support and costs to the Defense Department.

Then-President Joe Biden in 2023 announced Space Command would be permanently located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which had been serving as its temporary headquarters. Biden's Democratic administration said that keeping the command in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in readiness.

A review by the Defense Department inspector general was inconclusive and could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama. Trump, a Republican who enjoys deep support in Alabama, had long been expected to move Space Command back to Alabama.

Will someone have their hand shoved up his ass like Lambchops and Sherrie?

[quote] Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

So, from the 21st Century back to the 20th Century?

FANTASTIC!

Trump is "Making America Great Again!"

Fucking moron.

They're doing this to prove he's not in a coma.

Because who doesn't want to live in Alabama?

I’m moving it to Alabama to prevent hurricanes from hitting the state.

Something like this doesn't need to be a "major announcement" from the president. It's just more Epstein files and health concern distraction.

I do think it's hilarious that all those MAGAts in Colorado Springs who worship Trump are about to have their economy dumped on by him.

I'm sure all of those folks in Space Command with advanced STEM degrees will be thrilled to move to a state that ranks in the bottom three or four for education, healthcare, infrastructure and all of those little things that contribute to quality of life.

Well, he’s not dead.

R9 Tomorrow is another day!

Trump is moving every single federal agency from Blue States to Red States.

R12 ♪ This time the South will rise again, Mame ♫

Alabamians are all illiterate.

When is the orange fool going to be put in a home?

Does it really matter where they put "Space Command?"

I mean, it's just people at computers in a room.

It could be anywhere.

Leadership by pettiness. Good lord.

r16 You're an idiot.

This man will destroy this country before the end of the year.

How can anyone get to space from Alabama

that's crazy talk

You thought they had lift-off troubles BEFORE . . .

Maybe this project, and the educated people it will presumably bring with it, will turn Alabama purple?

[quote] Maybe this project, and the educated people it will presumably bring with it, will turn Alabama purple?

Party Candidate Votes

Republican Donald Trump/JD Vance 1,462,616 64.57%

Democratic Kamala Harris/Tim Walz 772,412 34.10%

The US Space Agency is going to have to find 690,204 employees who vote for Democrats, in order to just TIE with the Republican vote in Alabama.

R20 Space Camp and the Marshall Space Flight Center are both in Huntsville, Alabama.

MSFC is a major NASA research and development facility, specializing in rocketry and spacecraft propulsion systems for space exploration.

The center was instrumental in developing the Saturn rockets for the Apollo program and continues to lead projects like the Space Launch System for deep space missions.

MSFC develops, tests, and launches these systems and manages payloads for other NASA missions, playing a pivotal role in NASA's human spaceflight and space science efforts.

There is a significant NASA and rocket science presence in Alabama. It's the only good thing about that state. .

The problem with this is not choosing Alabama. It's that it didn't need to be done at all and is only be done to punish Colorado. It's a vindictive move by a crazy dictator wannabe.

can't imagine having to move to a boneheaded, fucked up, Christianist asshole state if you have any sense or education at all. That must suck.