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SpaceX to Spend $100 Billion on New Spaceport in Louisiana
SpaceX is committing $100 billion to build a launch facility in southern Louisiana as part of its plans to send multiple rockets into space every day. The new facility, named Starbase Louisiana, will be located on 125,000 acres of coastal marshland and bring 3,000 jobs to the area. SpaceX will need at least several locales to fulfill its goal of sending thousands of rockets into orbit a year. The company is constantly exploring viable sites to expand its operations, domestically and internationally.
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