Watching Over Aerospace With a Mom's Tough Love

摘要

U.S. Rep. Jane Harman calls her California district the satellite center of the universe and refers to herself as "Boeing's mother" for the "tough love" she practices toward its Satellite Systems Division within her district's boundaries in El Segundo. Between El Segundo and Redondo Beach, the boundaries of Harman's district encompass several major aerospace companies and the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. She keeps a watchful eye over them and views companies that move out of her district like children who have run away from home. She still is smarting over a decision by Elon Musk, the entrepreneurial chief of Space Exploration Technologies, to move from her district to nearby Hawthorne. "I don't forgive him," she says with a feigned pout. "Actually, I hate him."