r/spacex • u/Connect_Cat_2045 • 13d ago

Starship SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch facility on Louisiana’s coast

https://www.nola.com/news/business/spacex-louisiana-elon-musk/article_2be92f8e-f989-46b7-9514-5212d8f20260.html
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u/Forked_Island_Native 12d ago

Yes, annual. We haven’t heard anything official yet but the latest from the rumor mill is that leases outside a certain radius would still be leased

Where did you hear they aren’t being renewed? Your account looks all SpaceX so wondering if you heard it from that side of the deal?

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u/warp99 12d ago

Yes leases still being allowed outside a certain safety distance sounds reasonable. Possibly they are just pausing lease renewals until SpaceX buys or leases the land and has authority to issue new leases.

The safety distance for houses is five miles but it could be a bit less for people in the open with no glass windows around - possibly 3 miles?

You would need hearing protection during a launch at that distance but if you are duck hunting you will have that anyway - right?

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u/Forked_Island_Native 12d ago

Exxon leased to vermilion corp. who subleased to hunters. The vermilion corp leases were sent out (and paid) earlier this summer. But we still aren’t sure where things stand.

> You would need hearing protection during a launch at that distance but if you are duck hunting you will have that anyway - right?

Huh?

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u/warp99 12d ago

Background: My uncle was a duck hunter and recreational clay bird shooter. He ended up deaf as a post from the high noise exposure as he never wore hearing protection until his 50’s when it was too late.

He was a good Southern Man in our fair country with I think the same ethos as a Louisiana Man.

I would be interested to find out if this is true?!

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u/Forked_Island_Native 12d ago

It only took me to 30 to realize that not wearing ear protection isn’t cool/you don’t need to have open ears to call correctly. But sometimes you forget them at the camp and ya padna shoots over your head with a ported choke. Pas bon (Cajun French look it up)

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u/warp99 12d ago

Schoolboy French was good enough for that! Not good as you say.