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Is Southern California still important for space exploration?
Major aeronautics companies gearing up for World War II based their factories in Southern California, so it was natural for them to go into space.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 1 min readMajor aeronautics companies gearing up for World War II based their factories in Southern California, so it was natural for them to go into space. The Southland still plays a huge role in the aerospace industry as newer companies move into town like SpaceX in Hawthorne and Rocket Lab in Huntington Beach.
“It’s an amazing transition for the program in Southern California,” says Mat Kaplan from the Planetary Society.
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3 of 3Apollo 11: How Southern California engineers helped change history- 0:00How Downey, California helped put Apollo 11 on the moon (and get the astronauts back safely)
- 0:00OC Line: Changes to 'grandstanding' in Orange County
- 10:18Is Southern California still important for space exploration?You’re reading this