SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana
The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.
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The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.
A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.
"America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again."
NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue relighting the booster's rocket engines.
"Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."
The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.
This will be the first Starship test flight for SpaceX as a public company, testing the market's appetite for the company's "fly, fail, fix" approach to rocket development, which often ends in fireballs.