SpaceX halts plans to convert oil rigs into floating offshore launch pads

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Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2023

After speaking at the Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference on February 8, President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell told reporters that SpaceX has abandoned their plans for floating Starship launch platforms. "We bought them. We sold them. They were not the right platform," she said. SpaceX acquired two former deepwater oil drilling rigs in 20

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