SpaceX to build Musk’s vision for a spaceport that until now ‘only existed in science fiction’
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A $100 billion commitment to “Starbase, Louisiana” built for thousands of launches a year reframes launch as industrial infrastructure, not bespoke events. Any business model that depends on cheap, frequent access to orbit just got more plausible—start mapping what becomes viable at daily, not annual, launch cadence.
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