01-02-2019, 12:35 PM
The NIMBY crowd who built their unpermitted houses in the path of lava that will definitely come eventually, will cite the unrealistic dangers of rocket launches as reasons to oppose allowing Hawaii into the 21st century.
The US government put hundreds* of launch facilities all over the USA in people's back yards during the cold war. Of course, they were hoping they never had to use them, and they didn't, but it shows that the location of launch facilities is just a matter of motivation.
* I don't know how many ICBM silos the USA has, but I think I remember reading there are 18 known retired launch sites just in the state of Washington around Tacoma.
The US government put hundreds* of launch facilities all over the USA in people's back yards during the cold war. Of course, they were hoping they never had to use them, and they didn't, but it shows that the location of launch facilities is just a matter of motivation.
* I don't know how many ICBM silos the USA has, but I think I remember reading there are 18 known retired launch sites just in the state of Washington around Tacoma.