Today, Praxis proposes Atlas, California: a defense-focused spaceport city on 3,850 acres at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Located on the California coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco, Vandenberg already hosts SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Relativity Space. Atlas will concentrate elite engineering talent with DoD assets to solve the defense challenges that will determine America's survival.

America faces its greatest technological competition since the Cold War. Four years of Biden weakness allowed China to advance autonomous warfare capabilities while American defense innovation was strangled by red tape and anti-business policies. But America always rises to meet the moment—from the Arsenal of Democracy to the Manhattan Project to Apollo. President Trump has ignited industrial ambition by cutting red tape and taking on bold infrastructure projects. Atlas, California should be next.

Atlas will begin as a beachside industrial town with residential, commercial, and industrial assets. Praxis will concentrate elite technical talent with secure infrastructure, strategic proximity to major launch providers, Space Force installations, and DoD assets. This enables rapid test-to-deployment cycles. Atlas leverages Vandenberg's test range and missile testing capability—enabling autonomous vehicle testing, long-range sensor validation, and integrated air-space-ground system trials impossible at traditional industrial parks. This unique configuration accelerates development cycles critical to winning the technological competition with China.

Over the past six months, Praxis has been on the ground in Santa Barbara, developing a comprehensive technical plan for transforming these 3,850 acres, created infrastructure plans building upon the 2021 Commercial Space Master Plan, engaged local stakeholders, and built relationships with potential anchor tenants including autonomous systems manufacturers, AI companies requiring secure compute infrastructure, and defense contractors. Atlas represents an estimated $17.4 billion investment creating approximately 20,000 high-paying American jobs, 50,000 residents, and $35 billion in economic impact, pending detailed federal economic analysis.

For me, this mission is personal. I was born next to Vandenberg. In fifth grade, I drove with my math club to the Base to watch a rocket launch. The engines burned with ferocity until they disappeared in the sky. Later that night, I went into my front yard to look up at the stars, imagining the ship floating out there, and felt profound awe. I wanted to explore alien planets, settle new worlds, build new societies. My ancestors had crossed the Atlantic on boats to reach America in the early 18th century. I viewed technology as the vehicle to discover a frontier of my own time. Many years later, I founded Praxis.

Praxis has assembled a community of 87,000 talented people committed to defending Western Civilization and founding a city on this basis. We have dozens of companies specializing in advanced aerospace, drones, space infrastructure, and dual-use technologies—many with active DoD partnerships and contracts.

We are proposing Atlas now to build public momentum for immediate government action.

Atlas will defend the West on Earth, and beyond. America has always answered the call when it matters. We built the Arsenal of Democracy, split the atom, and reached the moon. Now we must build the city that wins this century. Atlas is where America's engineers will develop the technologies that secure our future.

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