Alabama and Colorado both play a significant role in the military’s space strategy, but they were pitted against each other when it came to where Space Command would be located indefinitely, and now the service is trying to bridge the divide in the best interest of the country.

With the military moving forward with its plans to permanently house SPACECOM in Huntsville, Alabama, it is still trying to keep Colorado Springs, Colorado, where it had been, involved and engaged in necessary space-related operations.