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To: Zathras

The elites have yet to come to realize the geopolitical implications of SpaceX’s accomplishments. Once Musk has successfully moved SpaceX’s CA operations to TX, TX and FL if they decide to secede together from the Union, will if they wish, control the ultimate high ground, space.


9 posted on 10/13/2024 12:05:30 PM PDT by Pres Raygun (Repent America)
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To: Pres Raygun

“ The elites have yet to come to realize the geopolitical implications of SpaceX’s accomplishments”

The world may not have fully absorbed the military implications of a spacecraft able to deliver tons to orbit on demand and on short notice.


13 posted on 10/13/2024 12:25:16 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Pres Raygun

China’s Long March rockets will be on the moon long before NASA/SpaceX’s Artemis, maybe by a decade as things are going now at NASA.


27 posted on 10/13/2024 1:25:02 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Pres Raygun
Once Musk has successfully moved SpaceX’s CA operations to TX, TX and FL if they decide to secede together from the Union, will if they wish, control the ultimate high ground, space.

That's an interesting observation, especially with those other NASA facilities located in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

44 posted on 10/13/2024 4:09:08 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Pres Raygun; All

SpaceX/DoD/NASA need a Western launch site (Pacific Coast) for polar orbit insertion launches... thus Vandenberg Space Force Base...TX or FL don’t cut it for that...I suggest Elon look at Baja California...less regs in Mexico!

“Vandenberg’s southward launch trajectory is advantageous for deploying satellites into high-inclination polar and Sun-synchronous orbits, needed for weather forecasting, Earth observation, and reconnaissance missions as they enable comprehensive and regular global coverage. Launching into such orbits from the East Coast of the United States presents significant challenges due to geographical constraints.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_6#Launch_history

https://web.archive.org/web/19991013033531/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/sts/launch.html


51 posted on 10/14/2024 2:34:22 AM PDT by Drago
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