This is not the same as invading Greenland or renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but one more Republican proposal is on the table. This one, from Florida’s Governor DeSantis, calls for NASA to move its headquarters from Washington, DC to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
Florida Today quotes the Governor stating,
They have this massive building in Washington, D.C., and like nobody goes to it. So why not just shutter it and move everybody down here? I think they’re planning on spending like a half a billion to build a new building up in D.C. that no one will ever go to, either.
Maybe the governor does not understand that NASA has a lot of work to do in the nation’s capital, such as keeping 535 members of Congress happy with the program. In addition, NASA is already spread out across the country, which was by design to keep many politicians happy over the years. For example, the NASA facility in Houston, TX was a political move to keep the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee happy. Governor DeSantis does not have the clout of a House chairman, whatever else he may believe about himself.
Besides, Florida already has quite a few of NASA’s assets. NASA knows it needs to spread the wealth.
By the way, we may need to keep some assets in reserve should we require a new NASA facility in Greenland.
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