Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said SpaceX is expected to create 3,000 direct new jobs over the next 10 years in the state. (Crystal Stevenson / American Press)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern US state of Louisiana to launch its highly anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being developed at the company’s Texas Starbase.
“A spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast enabling a multiplanetary future,” declared the SpaceX website.
PUNCH Online reports that a spaceport is a site used for launching, landing, testing, and maintaining spacecraft.
The new facility will be built in Vermillion Parish, about 115 miles (185 km) west of New Orleans.
