SpaceX is building an offshore rocket launch facility

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SpaceX is building an offshore rocket launch facility

Mashable

Published 16 Jun 2020

SpaceX plans to launch rockets from a new facility several miles offshore.

A SpaceX job posting went up asking for an engineer to help "design and build an operational offshore rocket launch facility." On Twitter, CEO Elon Musk said SpaceX was building "superheavy-class spaceports" to launch craft to Mars and the moon, and for...

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SpaceX is building an offshore rocket launch facility

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