On Thursday October 10th the California Coastal Commission departed from its mission to protect and enhance California’s coast and ocean by denying the Vanderberg Space Force Base’s request for a necessary increase in the number of SpaceX launches to get critical military capability on orbit. If SpaceX or the Space Force (USSF) had done something to violate a California Coastal Commission (CCC) rule (like disturb an endangered species), then fine, take sanctioning action. But they did not. The CCC has entered the world stage by becoming part of the “Great Power…
