SpaceX announces plans for $100 billion 'spaceport' in Louisiana

SpaceX has announced plans to build a $100 billion facility in Louisiana, aiming to launch its Starship megarockets. The facility will be located in Vermilion Parish, near New Orleans, and will include infrastructure to support thousands of Starship flights per year. The company plans to invest at least $100 billion and create over 3,000 new jobs. The first Starship flights are expected to take place in 2029. The facility will feature over a dozen launch towers, enabling more than 30 Starship flights per day.

• The Louisiana Economic Development agency estimates that the average salary of workers at the facility will be 192% higher than the region's current mean wage.
• SpaceX is developing its Starship rocket at a facility in Texas, which has drawn opposition from several environmental groups.
• The U.S. Geological Survey estimated in 2017 that Louisiana has more coastal wetland loss than the combined total of all other states in the contiguous U.S.

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