That heis a memberof the MilitaryOversightCommittee, and that Padmé is trying topersuadehisvote, are clues that thisepisodetakes placebefore "Senate Murders."
Commercial space launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida and from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, both of which can accommodate bigger rockets and more diverse payloads than the other sites, are subject to militaryoversight.
West said that given this "cloud of suspicion, " certain practices would be changed: the secretary of the Army would inform militaryoversight committees each time an exception is made, and that the names would be made public as well.