When the Space Force selected Blue Origin to begin final lease negotiations for Space Launch Complex 14 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, it wasn’t just handing out a construction permit. It was making a bet that the Pentagon’s most urgent vulnerability in space — its dependence on a single coast and a thin roster of [...] The post Blue Origin’s Vandenberg Play: What a West Coast Launch Pad Means for National Security Space Competition appeared first on Space Daily .
Blue Origin’s Vandenberg Play: What a West Coast Launch Pad Means for National Security Space Competition