[Teslarati] In statements provided to the Brownsville Herald, a Texan paper dedicated to a South Texas region that includes SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch site, state representative René Oliveira hinted that SpaceX’s plans for the region could go “well beyond conducting launches.”| Dale Ketcham, Space Florida: people who worked on LC-39A and SLC-40 here for SpaceX now working on their Brownsville site. Georgia will be offering a spaceport site just as attractive to launch customers as Brownsville. 3dc: I put the SpaceX story here today as the factory will be building the world's largest rocket ever. It's next to what will soon be one of the world's largest LNG ports (about 1.5 miles away) and the mouth of the Rio Grande (about 1 mile away) The LNG is important as the rocket runs on LOX and LNG. The scale of this effort is right out of StarTrek. The rocket will be able to carry over 100 passengers at a time. Brownsville is a poor city. This might turn its future around. One other point: US Navy aircraft carriers go to be scrapped about 2 miles from this site. Currently the USS Saratoga and USS Independence are being scrapped. |