Last month, President Donald Trump took to Truth to announce “harsh measures” in response to the persecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence in Colorado prison for making a forensic image of voting systems in her custody prior to a “Trusted Build” conducted by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
In his post to Truth Social, President Trump called Peters “a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians” and claiming that she did nothing wrong “except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election.”
Whether or not the incarceration of Peters is related to the moving of Space Command is unlikely as President Trump said it was “seven years in the making” during a press conference earlier today.
The new location of Space Command will be Huntsville, Alabama, or “Rocket City” as President Trump designated it during the presser.
“I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama — forever to be known, from this point forward, as ROCKET CITY.” –@POTUS pic.twitter.com/4kPwgpFGay
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 2, 2025
According to Ashe Epp of the Colorado Free Press, Space Command employed 1,700 people in Colorado Springs and contributed around $1 billion annually to the local economy via direct spending, employee salaries, and patronage of local businesses by Space Command employees.
Colorado Springs is home to over 150 space, aerospace, and defense companies and is home to five major military installations with a significant Department of Defense presence, however, Huntsville, too, has a large presence surrounding the Redstone Arsenal, which serves as a major center for missile, rocket, and space systems development and testing, according to Army Technology.
“Rocket City” is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, and several other military industrial complex companies.
According to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the aerospace and defense industry accounts for 44% of the total economy with 111,000 employees in the region.
The Colorado Free Press notes:
Beyond jobs, Space Command contributes ~$1 billion annually to the Colorado Springs economy, including direct spending by the command, salaries of employees, and indirect economic activity – like all those employees patronizing local businesses.
And don’t discount the multiplier effect. The loss of Space Command jobs and economic activity will reduce demand for local goods and services – potentially depressing economic growth in the region. New federal infrastructure investments will now take place in Alabama, and local investments into Space Command infrastructure at Peterson Space Force Base may become underutilized, representing a sunk cost for the region. The move could also discourage future federal or private investment in Colorado’s aerospace sector.
President Trump took the opportunity during the press conference to criticize the universal mail-in balloting in Colorado:
“The problem with Colorado is they have a very corrupt voting system. Anytime you have mail-in voting, you have corrupt elections.” pic.twitter.com/ji6VmnZyck
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 2, 2025
This is huge —definitely consistent with “harsh measures.” Remember where mail in ballot fraud was proven in Colorado… Mesa County. https://t.co/DMjbMYJv9D
— Ashe in America (@AsheinAmerica) September 2, 2025
