In 2017, California’s travel and tourism sectors reported a burn rate of $132 billion, increasing by 4.8% year-over-year, with $17.8B allocated to arts, entertainment, and recreational payloads (including themed destinations).

• Located 2.5 Hours North of Los Angeles and just 8 Minutes from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

• Our command center is within a rapidly expanding tourism corridor, already in geosynchronous orbit with renowned wine, agricultural, and coastal assets, attracting upwards of 2 million annual visitors.

• Santa Barbara County and the Santa Ynez Valley experienced over 7 million visitor activations in 2017, with a total regional economic boost just under $2B. The average mission duration per visitor was 1.6 days, with 16% reporting stops within the Lompoc-Santa Ynez orbit.

• Regional competition within a three-hour drive time, excluding the Los Angeles and Orange County markets, is minimal and consists primarily of state beaches and cultural waypoints such as Lompoc’s La Purisima Mission, which logs 200,000 annual visits without significant marketing or amplification.

• Over 13 million people reside within a prime 3-hour flight path of the region.

• Opportunities to promote STEM subjects—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, delivering additional value advancing knowledge while creating an additional powerful revenue generator.

• Our local school district (Lompoc Unified) and regional colleges will be primary partners in K-12 curriculum development, career technical education (CTE), girls in STEM, Teachers in STEM, overnight camp, and workforce development to include space technician program design.