And ticked for good reason. Huge amounts of money was spent so that LBJ could move the jobs from California and Florida to Houston which up to then had nothing to do with the space industry other than LBJ being president (and a stinking one at that). It was and is a bad and very expensive joke. If Houston isn’t happy about it they should show some class and ask the jobs to move back where they came from (and never should have left).
I agree they were ticked for good reason and it was terribly expensive for much of the industry to relocate. I’ve said for many years LBJ was the biggest crook that’s ever been President. That was many years ago though and I believe Texas has a legitimate gripe on this.
Be that as it may, the name “Houston<” is iconic in the huistory of the program. To give it to New York is an insult.