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face_eater_5000 t1_j6hbtfy wrote

Texas wasn't a place where launches occurred until SpaceX set up their Starbase in Brownsville. Thiokol corporation made the Shuttle booster rockets in Utah, where no launches occur. As a matter of fact, Cambridge, MA was under consideration to be the location for Mission Control before Houston. There are a number of aerospace companies in Maryland, which doesn't have any launch facilities either. I've seen interesting aerospace companies pop up in places that I would never have expected. Hermeus Aerospace comes to mind - they are in Georgia. Space Tango is in North Carolina. There is absolutely no reason why Pennsylvania couldn't have a robust aerospace industry. It has good universities and pretty good proximity to other good schools out of state. It's much more a matter of wanting it. I see the potential.

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