It’s official: SpaceX is coming to Louisiana

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SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led aerospace company, is investing $100 billion to build a launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish, state officials announced Tuesday morning in Abbeville. The long-rumored spaceport, dubbed Starbase, Louisiana, will be designed to support thousands of launches per year. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, with a first launch targeted for

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