What’s the difference between California’s Western Range in Santa Barbara County and Florida’s Eastern Range at Canaveral? The number of launches and interest in “space mobility” is growing, commercial companies are keen – how do terrain, infrastructure, stewardship, customer-base, and the search for talent play into it? Will the Western Range one day be part of a network of spaceports with responsive launch, cargo and transport capabilities? Join Aerospace’s Richard Lamb, Systems Director, Launch Operations Division and Colonel Robert Long, Commander of the Western Launch and Test Range at Vandenberg Space Force Base to learn more.

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