The mayor of Colorado Springs, the current but not long-term base for U.S. Space Command , is already looking for more aerospace opportunities just weeks after President Donald Trump announced the military would be moving the command’s headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama.

The debate over where Space Command’s permanent headquarters should be located dates back to Trump’s first term. His Sept. 2 announcement largely seemed like a foregone conclusion by the time he made it.

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