Colorado’s top political officials reacted with frustration to a report from the Department of Defense’s inspector general finding that Alabama deserved to win out over Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs as home to U.S. Space Command headquarters.
Colorado’s top political officials reacted with frustration Wednesday toconcluding that Alabama deserved to win out over Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs as home to U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The determination came in a 120-page, heavily redacted report that concluded that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., was the “preferred permanent location to host the USSPACECOM HQ” when it wasThe inspector general’s report said the U.S. Air Force considered a number of criteria — including workforce availability, energy resilience, cost of living and quality of schools — to make its choice.
Gov. Jared Polis put out a statement Wednesday lauding Colorado Springs as the “epicenter of national security space.” Peterson Air Force Base, he said, “continues to execute critical missions in the space domain vital to our national security.” U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet issued a joint statement criticizing the selection process as one that was “untested, lacked transparency and neglected critical national security and cost considerations.”
“Space Command should remain permanently based at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado,” the senators said., which is responsible for all military operations 62 miles above sea level and higher. A U.S. Space Command existed from 1985 to 2002, but was disbanded in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks so that U.S. Northern Command could be established, focusing on defense of the homeland.
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