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re: Elon finally comments on Starbase Louisiana.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 6:43 pm to ZombieCajun
Posted on 8/25/26 at 6:43 pm to ZombieCajun
quote:Does the critique that none of these jobs are going to locals carry much water? I can't imagine this being the case
Epic. And 3000+ jobs. Win win!
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 6:51 pm to DoomGuy504
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Serious question - Is that good to have no other competition?
There will be terrestrial options for all of the services.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 6:57 pm to kengel2
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Sounds cool, but what does that do to the wildlife refuge?
Maybe they can package a deal where Elon picks and hires the new Director of LADWF that actually know what the hell he is doing.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:08 pm to ELVIS U
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I can smell my property values rising (along with my taxes).
Unless you live close to this doubtful
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:42 pm to UFFan
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When he doesn't make anywhere close to 30 launches a day, are people on this website going to eat crow? Or are they just going to forget all about how Elon made that claim, and be getting all excited about the new promise Elon will have made by then?
As a white liberal male I’ve been pushing this exact talking point
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:50 pm to winkchance
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Check out what was done over at Merritt Island.
Help me out with this, all I could find was its tied up in lawsuits.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:52 pm to Slippy
Yall a TRILLIONAIRE knows we exist!!
Posted on 8/25/26 at 9:01 pm to Slippy
Trying to imagine Elon negotiating with our stupid arse politicians. Dumb Jeff Landry trying to have a conversation with Elon must be hilarious.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 9:05 pm to SelaTiger
Whatever happened it worked, and if this project completes like Elon says it will, Landry will go down in Louisiana history as a hero, whether you like him or not.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 9:21 pm to Texas Tea 123
Self driving is real. Waymo has thousands of vehicles in their fleet and are doing over 500k paid rides a week. None with drivers present.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:16 pm to SWLA92
quote:that’s a stretch
Landry will go down in Louisiana history as a hero, whether you like him or not.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:23 pm to Slippy
Biggest question is will the complex survive a Cat 3 hurricane?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:33 pm to goodgrin
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Biggest question is will the complex survive a Cat 3 hurricane?
Considering that every important space center that has been built in the past 70 years are in areas susceptible to hurricanes, I think they’ll figure it out.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:33 pm to Slippy
30 rocket launches a day?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:39 pm to goodgrin
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Biggest question is will the complex survive a Cat 3 hurricane?
Things can be built to survive cat 5 storms if you build them strong enough
We have the ability, it’s just expensive
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:49 pm to AlwysATgr
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Pecan Island is at about 29.6 latitude. KSC about 28.6 deg. Boca Chica, TX is about 26 deg. Is SpaceX planning to launch to the east from Pecan Island? Will be interesting. Props to Elon and SpaceX for thinking outside the box.
The launches will be to the south... missions where the payload needs to travel over the poles
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:55 pm to SWLA92
To be fair, LA was getting this project regardless who the governor is.
Location location
Location location
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:08 pm to GREENHEAD22
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We projected the recently released renderings of Starbase, Lousiana, to provide a sense of the sheer scale of the project.
SpaceX's plan depicted consists of ten launch sites, in five pairs. Each pair is about 1.5mi (2.5km) apart.
The production site is over 2km long, and the Starfactory alone has a floor space of over 7.6 million square feet (629,000 sq m). The Gigabay (if, it is still called that!) is over four times the area of the existing Gigabay design.
The whole site measures over 12 miles (20km) in length and takes up an area of roughly 14,000 acres.
Starbase, Lousiana is set to begin construction next year, with the first launch in 2029.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 11:08 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:21 pm to goodgrin
Space ports withstand all the launches done. Thats alot of force and they hold up well
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:39 pm to goodgrin
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Biggest question is will the complex survive a Cat 3 hurricane?
Really, that's the biggest question? Do you not think a person with endless amounts of money and a team full of experts decided to spend all this money but never considered there are hurricanes that will hit the coast line?
I mean do some of you really think that you are bringing something to tigerdroppings.com that Elon Musk never considered?
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