🚀 SpaceX is planning a second Starbase — bigger than the first

$100 billion is the stated investment in Starbase Louisiana: Starship factories, launch pads, methane production and a deep-water port. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell presented the project in person in Abbeville, Louisiana.

The Texas Starbase covers just 350 acres and borders a public beach. Florida means sharing launch windows with five competing operators. Louisiana offers open land, methane access and ocean shipping — with no queue.

SpaceX's roadmap calls for dozens of Starship launches per day. Current infrastructure won't get there. The $100 billion is an intention, not a contract yet, per Ars Technica — but the scope is being designed for a cadence that doesn't exist yet.