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U.S. Space Command battle takes political turn
Could the location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters, which was moving from Colorado to Alabama, be moving back again?
Space Command was set to make its new home at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, a centre for developing and testing U.S. Army missile programs. It’s currently based at the Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The decision was announced in the middle of January 2021. At the time, the Department of Defense stated:
“Huntsville compared favourably across more of these factors than any other community, providing a large, qualified workforce, quality schools, superior infrastructure capacity, and low initial and recurring costs. Additionally, Redstone Arsenal offered a facility to support the headquarters, at no cost, while the permanent facility is being constructed.”
DoD inspector general opens ‘evaluation’ of Space Command move to Alabama
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
The Pentagon Inspector General’s office said today it will open an immediate “evaluation” of the Air Force’s selection of Huntsville “as the preferred permanent location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters.”
“We plan to begin the subject evaluation in February 2021.,” an announcement said. “Specifically, we will evaluate the extent to which the Department of the Air Force complied with DoD and Air Force policies during the location selection process; used objective and relevant scoring factors to rank the six candidate locations; and calculated the cost and other scoring factors accurately and consistently among the six candidate locations.”