{"id":21415,"date":"2025-04-19T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/back-by-popular-demand-space-command-headquarters-fate-could-be-decided-soon\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:13:25","slug":"back-by-popular-demand-space-command-headquarters-fate-could-be-decided-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/back-by-popular-demand-space-command-headquarters-fate-could-be-decided-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Back by popular demand: Space Command headquarter\u2019s fate could be decided soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Space Force logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"21490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2021\/10\/01\/space-force-selects-over-900-personnel-to-transfer-to-the-branch-in-2022\/210823-f-go452-0001-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"1752,986\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Space Force Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/210823-F-GO452-0001-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The multi-administration long battle over the location of the US Space Command\u2019s permanent headquarters may finally come to an end this month. Following the release of the Inspector General\u2019s report on President Biden\u2019s decision not to move the HQ to Huntsville, Alabama, Congressman Mike Rogers states President Trump\u2019s decision could come soon.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-43140\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a request by Congress, the Department of Defense Inspector General investigated the reason for President Biden\u2019s decision to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The report showed that the Department of the Air Force\u2018s preferred location, Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, passed several reviews and would save the Space Force $420 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did we get here? <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the final weeks before leaving office in his first term, President Trump awarded Redstone Arsenal to be the home of Space Command. Space Command\u2019s provisional headquarters was set up in its historical home of Colorado Springs as it worked on getting up to full operation.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-43140',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump\u2019s late decision was viewed by many as a political favor to the overwhelmingly Republican state of Alabama and a punishment for the mostly Democratic state of Colorado. While the IG\u2019s report showed the Air Force reportedly wanted Redstone to be Space Command\u2019s home, the command itself was concerned about maintaining operational readiness with the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Command argued that a move to Alabama could mean challenges in retaining employees who did not wish to move and would delay reaching its operational readiness levels. President Biden sided with Space Command to keep its HQ in Colorado Springs in 2023. Space Command reached operational readiness in the same year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the new report now public, Mike Rogers from Alabama, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, once again shared his frustration with the delayed move. \u201cThe Inspector General\u2019s report confirms that the Trump Administration was correct in selecting Huntsville, AL, as the site for SPACECOM Headquarters, and reveals an astounding lack of transparency and accountability by the Biden Administration,\u201d Rogers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the report, Republican members of the Colorado Congressional delegation shared a letter to President Trump to keep Space Command in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers claimed in an interview that President Trump would share the official move to Huntsville this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redstone Arsenal, a U.S. Army base, has been home to America\u2019s missile and rocketry research and development since the 1940s. It\u2019s the site of explosive training schools for the FBI and ATF, the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, and, most notably, NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center, which developed the Saturn V rocket, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The multi-administration long battle over the location of the US Space Command\u2019s permanent headquarters may finally come to an end this month. Following the release of the Inspector General\u2019s report on President Biden\u2019s decision not to move the HQ to Huntsville, Alabama, Congressman Mike Rogers states President Trump\u2019s decision could come soon. 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