SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
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SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
US Space Force has initiated a competition to find its permanent home. The first round of applications occurred this summer with an initial cut having been made recently. No details are available yet on if KC made it but I would be surprised if not.
Stats from St. Louis News.
Project: 460,000 square feet of office space and 400,000 square feet of parking
Jobs: 1,600 with average pay above $100,000.
Requirements: Communities should be within 25 miles of a military base, within the top 150 most populous metropolitan areas and score at least 50 out of 100 on the AARP's Livability Index.
P.S. I wasn't sure which section this was best to be placed under.
Stats from St. Louis News.
Project: 460,000 square feet of office space and 400,000 square feet of parking
Jobs: 1,600 with average pay above $100,000.
Requirements: Communities should be within 25 miles of a military base, within the top 150 most populous metropolitan areas and score at least 50 out of 100 on the AARP's Livability Index.
P.S. I wasn't sure which section this was best to be placed under.
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Re: SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
We have a military base within 25 miles? I thought levenworth was the closest
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Re: SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
Less than 25
It's (approx) 18 milesfrom Bonner Spring, 22 miles from The Legends, 19 from Wyandotte Co Lake, 18 from Parkville, 20 from Zona Rosa, 23 from Metro North, 25 from Briarcliff, 19 from Tiffany Springs, 10 from Platte City
How many cities have a major civilian airport that close to a military base? I'm certain there's others but it's not going to be a very big list. Could be an advantage to go after the facility
It's (approx) 18 milesfrom Bonner Spring, 22 miles from The Legends, 19 from Wyandotte Co Lake, 18 from Parkville, 20 from Zona Rosa, 23 from Metro North, 25 from Briarcliff, 19 from Tiffany Springs, 10 from Platte City
How many cities have a major civilian airport that close to a military base? I'm certain there's others but it's not going to be a very big list. Could be an advantage to go after the facility
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Re: SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
Scott AFB is just outside of St. Louis, plus the Boeing (McDonald Douglas Facility)
Offit in Omaha
Tinker in OKC
Colorado Spring would have to be a front runner.
San Antonio has two
Phoenix (Luke)
Tacoma (McCord) also Boeing
California, nothing really close to MMA. Travis is halfway between Oakland and Sacramento. Alaska and HI are probably out.
I assume AFB wil have an advantage since SF is comming out of AF.
Thought FLA would have more but just Elgin in Destin
Offit in Omaha
Tinker in OKC
Colorado Spring would have to be a front runner.
San Antonio has two
Phoenix (Luke)
Tacoma (McCord) also Boeing
California, nothing really close to MMA. Travis is halfway between Oakland and Sacramento. Alaska and HI are probably out.
I assume AFB wil have an advantage since SF is comming out of AF.
Thought FLA would have more but just Elgin in Destin
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Whiteman is within 25 of Sedalia and Warrensburg. Neither are in the top 150 metro areasnormalthings wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:16 amThere is a Marines instillation/base within KCMO and there is the nuclear weapons plant. Leavenworth is within 25 miles. Whiteman and Fort Riley are close too.
Fort Riley has the same problem, Manhattan isn't big enough
The Marines office isn't a miliary base, it's in a civilian facility run by the Dept of Energy and GSA
The Nuclear part plant isn't military, it's Dept of Energy
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Re: SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
I sort of assumed that the permanent location of this is in Trump's imagination.
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I don’t think that KC is a front runner (nor any place without existing AF Space Program facilities) but I would be surprised if we got cut round 1.flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:48 amWhiteman is within 25 of Sedalia and Warrensburg. Neither are in the top 150 metro areasnormalthings wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:16 amThere is a Marines instillation/base within KCMO and there is the nuclear weapons plant. Leavenworth is within 25 miles. Whiteman and Fort Riley are close too.
Fort Riley has the same problem, Manhattan isn't big enough
The Marines office isn't a miliary base, it's in a civilian facility run by the Dept of Energy and GSA
The Nuclear part plant isn't military, it's Dept of Energy
I guess I was wrong about the Marines thing. The other points are just supposed to be added benefits to the KC region. The NNSA facility carries out high tech research, lab, and testing for other branches of the US Gov. and it is about to be greatly expanded. Seems to me like the talent pools overlap as well.
Riley and Whitman, while not within 25 miles of KC, are in the region. Whiteman is an AFB and hosts some of the more advanced platforms: drones, B2, and eventually the B21.
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It appears that Space Force will be the consolidation of existing space programs housed within AF, Navy, and Army into a single unit. The jobs already exist around the US. They are just looking for a home base.
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I would also bet on Colorado because it's a swing state. Massive projects bring massive jobs and job creation brings votes.
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Re: SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
Since they already stole the Starfleet logo, my money is on San Francisco as their HQ.
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I wouldn’t want to be in the early 21st century in the Star Trek timeline. We are only a couple years out from the bell riots
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Re: SPACE FORCE HQ - To Infinity & Beyond!
My money is on Pontiac, Michigan! Their logo is literally an upside down Pontiac Logo. Looking forward to our new Space Laser Beam, Project Aztek.
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How about Wyoming, Michigan. Can pander to two states at once