[Governor Dinwiddie]

For what it's worth, why not Hawaii? At least technically it's part of America.
 

[Prospero]

For what it's worth, why not Hawaii? At least technically it's part of America.

Is Sealaunch still in business?

We have territory, uninhabited territory, within a degree of latitude from the equator. But the Interior Department is jealous of its guano-encrusted bird habitat. (Amelia Earhart's never-reached last destination.)

Arthur C. Clarke once speculated about the many Third World locations that might have a future supporting ground support for space elevators, though our descendants might need to mine the Moon for sufficient materials.

I think the James Webb Space Telescope launch is planned for an ESA Arianne 5 from the Guiana Space Centre, northwest of Kourou.