{"id":2486873,"date":"2025-09-15T19:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-springs-looks-to-rebound-after-space-command-decision\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:22:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:22:57","slug":"colorado-springs-looks-to-rebound-after-space-command-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-springs-looks-to-rebound-after-space-command-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Springs looks to rebound after Space Command decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-springs-looks-to-rebound-after-space-command-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Colorado Springs&#8217; response to President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, alabama. The city&#8217;s mayor, Yemi Mobolade, is actively seeking new aerospace and defense opportunities following the announcement. Despite the relocation, Colorado Springs remains a significant hub for aerospace and defense with other military commands and the U.S. Air Force Academy based nearby. The move has generated uncertainty among military and civilian personnel about the impact,and local leaders are looking for clarity. The decision to move was influenced partly by Colorado&#8217;s mail-in voting laws, according to Trump. Meanwhile,efforts are underway to develop new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-j-20-fighter-jet-has-both-u-s-and-russian-dna\/\" title=\"China\u2019s J-20 Fighter Jet Has Both U.S. and Russian DNA\">defense initiatives<\/a> like the Golden Dome air defense system,which leaders in Colorado Springs hope will foster future growth and innovation in the region&#8217;s defense ecosystem. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colorado Springs looks to rebound after Trump pulls Space Command to Huntsville<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2222069\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The mayor of Colorado Springs, the current but not long-term base for U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3789803\/trump-space-command-move-headquarters-colorado-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Space Command<\/a>, is already looking for more aerospace opportunities just weeks after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced the military would be moving the command&rsquo;s headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over where Space Command&rsquo;s permanent headquarters should be located dates back to Trump&rsquo;s first term. His Sept. 2 announcement largely seemed like a foregone conclusion by the time he made it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3808542\/trump-military-kill-second-drug-ship-caribbean\/\">Military strikes second drug ship headed to US, killing three &#8216;terrorists,&#8217; Trump says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3807576\/marco-rubio-european-countries-recognizing-palestinian-statehood-no-impact\/\">Rubio argues UK recognizing Palestinian statehood &#8216;will make no impact&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/3807455\/trump-newest-ultimatum-latest-way-avoid-sanctioning-russia\/\">Blame NATO: Trump&rsquo;s newest ultimatum and latest way to avoid sanctioning Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade traveled to Washington, D.C. this week for an annual trip that includes private sector, nonprofit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon &#039;Abuse of Power&#039;\">government officials<\/a> from his city, though this year&rsquo;s visit has a heightened urgency with Trump&rsquo;s recent announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are advocating for new opportunities for Colorado Springs,&rdquo; Mobolade told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We want to understand what&rsquo;s available, the opportunity in front of us, perhaps opportunities that we&rsquo;re not taking advantage of, but ultimately, we want to position Colorado Springs and make noise that we&rsquo;re here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Details on the transition remain unknown, and Mobolade is also looking for answers during his trip.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the biggest confusion points from Colorado Springs [is that] many of both our military members who are serving Space Command, but also the civilians, are trying to understand the impact of this decision,&rdquo; Mobolade said. &ldquo;That needs immense clarity; what&rsquo;s moving, what&rsquo;s not moving, what&rsquo;s staying because their lives are affected by this decision. So those are things that we still don&rsquo;t know, and I do believe my community is hungry to have answers to those questions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The issue of where Space Command should be headquartered stretches back almost a decade since its inception in 2019. Trump, in the last days of his first term, decided to move the command to Huntsville, only for the Biden administration to reverse that decision in 2023. Alabama lawmakers were critical of Biden&rsquo;s decision and accused him of playing politics, while the administration said it was better to maintain readiness and prevent the loss of civilian workers.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado officials made similar arguments toward Trump this time, though the president also explicitly said that the state&rsquo;s mail-in voting laws factored into his decision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;The problem I have with&nbsp;Colorado &mdash; one of the big problems &mdash; they do mail-in&nbsp;voting. They went to all mail-in&nbsp;voting. So they have automatically crooked elections, and we can&rsquo;t have that,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3790776\/trump-colorado-mail-in-voting-space-command-move-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> during the press conference where he announced the move.<\/p>\n<p>While Space Command will be moving from Colorado Springs, it will leave behind a robust aerospace presence.<\/p>\n<p>The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are both based out of Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. The U.S. Air Force Academy is also in El Paso County, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>NORTHCOM, which protects the homeland, is also working to stand up Trump&rsquo;s envisioned Golden Dome: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embarrassed-nobel-committee-scolds-peace-prize-winner-for-warmongering-in-ethiopia\/\" title=\"Embarrassed Nobel Committee Scolds Peace Prize Winner for Warmongering in Ethiopia\">comprehensive air<\/a>, sea, and space-based air defense system that can shield the continental United States from an incoming aerial attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3789803\/trump-space-command-move-headquarters-colorado-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP TO MOVE SPACE COMMAND HQ FROM COLORADO TO HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mobolade said that now that Trump has announced the move, his community can move forward and &ldquo;align our efforts around how we can continue to grow this ecosystem and prepare ourselves for Golden Dome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Andy Merritt, who runs a defense-focused innovation hub called Catalyst Campus, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the Golden Dome will create &ldquo;all kinds of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potential opportunities&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Springs seeks new aerospace roles after Space Command move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2486874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Space-Command.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47787,43365,63404,4505,62447],"class_list":["post-2486873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-colorado-springs","tag-economic-recovery","tag-local-development","tag-military","tag-space-command"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Space-Command.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486873"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486877,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486873\/revisions\/2486877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}