Balkanized North American Space Program?

I know that this is a broad topic, and depends on several factors such as how the nation is divided and how many nations cooperate and such, but still a few questions:

1. Is it possible to see a space program develope like the EU is doing, and could it possibly make a space shuttle based program instead of just launching satilites.

2. Since it's not openly stated which locations of the continent would be under control of a nation involved, where are good places to launch rockets and other things besides where we do it in OTL?

Sorry that it's not well defined, but...that's kinda how my mind works I guess...:eek:
 
1. Is it possible to see a space program develope like the EU is doing,

if gona be like ELDO then BNA goes nowere !
in ELDO each Nation provide complet rocketstage, put them together with no proper system intergation.
end up in 12 Testflights most in disaster..

in ESA the member Nation provide the best part, the Rocket stage is build & test in France, Italy an Germany,
then assembly rocket on ESA's spaceport (the Guiana Space Centre) in Kourou, French Guiana (south America)

2. Since it's not openly stated which locations of the continent would be under control of a nation involved, where are good places to launch rockets and other things besides where we do it in OTL?
the launch site must south proximity to the equator (a latitude below 28 degrees north and good access to the sea to east.)

however politics played a major role in the site selection!

like NASA considered 7 launch sites and selecting Merritt Island, Florida
USAF had already taken the land south Merrit Island, called Cape Canaveral AFS
and Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California
but this site is for polar orbit with 220-180° degree to the equator, yes the rocket is launch to west here !
 
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