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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 2566434, member: 34"] Closing the subject circle with Edwards and Space X. Much of the development and testing was done about 10 miles to the northeast at the Mojave Spaceport. [URL="http://fortune.com/2017/02/20/space-startups-travel-satellites/"]Space Startups Are Booming[/URL] Edwards still has the runways labeled on the desert floor and the world's largest compass rose for calibrating compass systems. Just to the east of the Mojave Spaceport is a Hyundai/Kia test track/facility. And to the south in Palmdale every major defense contractor has secure facilities for test and development (Skunk Works, stealth aircraft, weapon systems, radar, etc.) Palmdale and Lancaster don't look too exciting on a map and it sucks balls working in the Mojave during the summer, but there are loads of really smart people living in that area. And yes, that drive from the Rosamond exit on 14 to the gate at Edwards is still a long, straight drive. I've broken 100mph on my off the base on that road. [ATTACH=full]28411[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]