Rep. Dale Strong, on Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's announcement he wants to “re-evaluate a few things” in the search to find Space Command’s permanent home: “He got lit up from every corner from Terri Sewell to Robert Aderholt to Mike Rogers to me.”
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Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal, of course, has long been determined by multiple reviews as the best site while Colorado Springs, Colo. – the seeming rival to Alabama’s bid to land Space Command and the site of the start-up command – finished fourth and fifth in different evaluations.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville released this U.S. Space Command headquarters site selection scorecard and data supporting it March 3, 2023 to counter attempts by Colorado to keep the headquarters in Colorado Springs where the command was activated. “The fact is, the Air Force already made the correct decision well over two years ago,” Rogers, a Republican from Saks, said in a statement last week. “That decision was affirmed by the GAO and the DoD Inspector General over a year ago. This decision was based on multiple factors, and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama was the clear winner in the evaluation and selection phase.
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