Decades ago, Alabama took the world to the moon in just ten years. It was a journey from humble beginnings to the lunar surface that redefined what was possible. Today, armed with even greater tools and talent, we are ready for the next giant leap.
Moonshots are the big, bold ideas worth pursuing even if the path is hard.
Forrest wants a passenger rail line connecting Huntsville to Mobile, with stops in Birmingham and Montgomery. Affordable, reliable rail that connects Alabama’s major cities — giving residents a real alternative to driving and connecting our economy from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast.
This isn’t a fantasy. Forrest has already connected with a NASA engineer who has priced it out. The first step is building a solid budget and coalition, and Forrest is ready to start that work on day one in Montgomery.
Alabama is uniquely positioned to lead the next wave of American semiconductor manufacturing. We have the engineering expertise, the demand through our defense sector, and the will to make it happen. The global chip shortage is not going away — and North Alabama should be at the center of the solution.
The model: use the defense budget to fund chip manufacturing infrastructure in North Alabama, following the South Korean playbook. When South Korea wanted to build a world-class auto industry, they established companies, applied tariffs to protect domestic production, and subsidized manufacturers until they reached quality the world now knows as Kia and Hyundai — today among the leading electric vehicle makers. That didn’t happen by accident. It happened because of strategic public investment. Alabama can do the same with chips.
We have Redstone Arsenal. We have defense contractors. We have UAH and UAB engineering talent. What's missing isn't capability — it's a representative who will turn that into a plan and build the coalition to fund it.
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