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SpaceX intends to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport

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SpaceX plans to invest up to one hundred billion dollars to build Starship factories and launch pads in coastal Louisiana. According to Ars Technica, the company intends to create a self-sustaining spaceport featuring its own power generation, propellant production, and an airport. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says the new facility will replicate the company's Texas-based Starbase on a larger scale.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/spacex-intends-to-i...

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