美国太空军领导层希望在四年内建成并投入使用一个新的航天发射场，增设第三个重型运载火箭发射基地，以缓解佛罗里达州和加利福尼亚州两个已服役近70年的发射基地的压力。
Leaders in the US Space Force would like to have a new spaceport up and running in four years, adding a third heavy-lift launch site to relieve pressure from bases in Florida and California that have shot rockets into orbit for nearly 70 years.
这一雄心面临的明显问题是，2030年距今仅四年，而五角大楼官员尚未确定新航天发射场的选址，也未敲定如何获取土地。
The obvious problem with that ambition is 2030 is four years away, and Pentagon officials have not determined where the new spaceport should go or how to acquire land for it.
空军部长特洛伊·梅因克今年5月首次提及太空军正在寻找第三个发射基地。梅因克在众议院军事委员会听证会上表示，国会授权的一项关于太空军发射基础设施的研究指出，需要“另一个具备重型和超重型发射能力的基地”。
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink first mentioned the service's search for a third launch base in May. A congressionally mandated study of the Space Force's launch infrastructure identified the need for "another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability," Meink said in a House Armed Services Committee hearing.