Keeping Space Command in Colorado Springs avoids any risk to its operations, but major investments in its infrastructure are needed.

Those are the findings of a Government Accountability Office report released on Thursday that reviewed the process leading up to President Joe Biden announcing the command would stay in Colorado in July 2023 and detailed the need for a dedicated $1.5 billion building in town.

The command protects American interests in space and employs troops across the service branches, civilians and contractors. It is separate from the Space Force, the youngest military service branch.

The fight over the command has been ongoing since President Donald Trump announced in 2021 the command would move to Huntsville, Ala.

The report found that while the command reached full

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