Sorry, but being a Huntsville resident for decades, Houston didn't do all that anyway. All of the propulsion systems and crafts were designed and managed in Huntsville. Houston had oversight over the program and was Mission Control. But Huntsville did all the work for the actual shots. The rockets themselves were managed and monitored by Huntsville as well and Huntsville engineers went to all the shots (tests and lift-offs) in FL when they happened.
As a matter of fact, all the current resources are still in Huntsville. Makes more sense to leave it all Huntsville to do it in future than actually move all of it from there to Houston. Saves money that way too.
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Sorry, but being a Huntsville resident for decades, Houston didn't do all that anyway. All of the propulsion systems and crafts were designed and managed in Huntsville. Houston had oversight over the program and was Mission Control. But Huntsville did all the work for the actual shots. The rockets themselves were managed and monitored by Huntsville as well and Huntsville engineers went to all the shots (tests and lift-offs) in FL when they happened. As a matter of fact, all the current resources are still in Huntsville. Makes more sense to leave it all Huntsville to do it in future than actually move all of it from there to Houston. Saves money that way too.