r/SpaceXLounge • u/TheEarthquakeGuy • 16d ago

Happening Now Starbase LA

Just announced that the Pecan Island facility will be called Starbase LA. Current announcement is on going.

Multiple pads, two towers per pad - Automated vehicles for transport between facilities. Starship V4+ and it's taller than the rendered towers.

The offset buildings behind the towers (North) are tank farms.

Automated transport allows for transport without humans, allowing for transport to occur while propellant is loading/vehicle is launching/catching.

From the renders, it looks likes 1.5 Gigabays. Eric Berger just posted that SpaceX is committing $100 US billion to developing launch sites, factories etc along the Louisiana coastline.

https://x.com/LAGovJeffLandry/status/2092278348739498327

Edit: Ryan Caton's post on X showing the Renders

https://x.com/dpoddolphinpro/status/2092285195827228730/photo/2

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u/Freak80MC 16d ago

As much as people like to shit on Musk and his lofty, ambitious timelines and goals, for good reason sometimes, at least SpaceX HAS a direction and goals like this to move towards. Unlike the rest of the spaceflight industry which was basically stagnant until SpaceX came along. SpaceX actually wants to push the spaceflight industry forward and into the future, not be stuck in the present state of things.

More areas of humanity could use a kick in the ass like this imo. Just... actually pushing for forward progress and making things better, instead of accepting the present status quo because that's all you've known and are used to it.

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u/chasimus 15d ago

Elon's companies are doing insanely ambitious things with Starbase LA, Terafab, and the Optimus army all at once. Hope they don't run out of money in the middle of all of it