Who once said that "elections have consequences"?

Sounds like an intentional waste of money. If you're going to have a space command, you want it in the mountains for best reception possible. That is, if he intends to have on-site satellites. Or, if he wants an on-site launch-pad. All those things would do better in the mountains at over a mile-high elevation.

It's easier for transporting them, for sure. But flat spaces can be made if transportation isn't an issue.

See my reply to Cerebrophage above as to why Florida was chosen for launching rockets.

Regarding launch pads, Florida was chosen for two reasons. First, launching over the ocean is much better than launching over the continental U.S. if there is a crash. You don't want debris raining down on Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, or Chicago. (Well, maybe Chicago would be OK, no one would notice with all of the shootings going on.)

The second reason is that the earth is spinning faster the further south that you are (closer to the equator). Therefore, the further south that the launch pad is the more of a "boost" one gets to achieve orbital velocity. https://www.livescience.com/32721-why-are-rockets-launched-from-florida.html#:~:text=It%20was%20selected%20for%20two,west%2Dto%2Deast%20spin.

I'm not sure what an "on-site" satellite is? If you could clarify that term, please do. The fact is, communications technology has reached a point that you can ping a satellite from anywhere using relays. Furthermore, we're really only talking about the SpaceCommand HQ, which may not be an operational base, just a place for the brass to hang out with their wang out. Finally, you wouldn't want just one base that can talk to your satellites, you need back ups and back ups to your back ups. Therefore, like other branches of the military, they'd have operational bases all over the world.

I hadn't considered the notion of the earth spinning faster closer to the equator. I mean, I know it does, I simply forgot to calculate that. Also, hadn't thought about the ocean as a "safe" landing zone. Also a valid point.

By satellite array, I mean satellite dish array. Though now that I think about it, there's one in one of the southwestern states somewhere I think. But meh. Maybe there isn't an argument for an installation in the mountains after all. On the surface, it certainly does make sense without thinking about it carefully.

No, I don't think they have an on-site satellite array either.

Too many potheads in CO. They would be playing Asteroid all day on their games

Why did you find it relevant to point out the Colorado democrat governor is Jewish before juxtaposing to Trump deciding to put the US space command in republican Alabama instead of democratic Colorado? Are you implicitly suggesting that being Jewish is not Republican, and that Republicans are anti-Semites? Just curious.

Also did it to appease the Identity Politics crowd. Harris/Biden is all about having the first woman this, first black that, first Native American secretary of whatever, I thought that you'd all be real proud of your first gay Jew governor?

Why did you gloss over the fact that I also pointed out that he's gay?

You're such a homophobe!

I noticed that too, but most republicans are homophobic anyway so I didn't mention it.