SpaceX’s vast Louisiana launch plan promises jobs and investment, but secrecy, legal carve-outs and thousands of annual flights have left nearby residents demanding answers. SpaceX says its proposed Vermilion Parish facility could launch about 30 rockets each day from five launch complexes spread across 125,000 acres. Louisiana leaders call the project a $100 billion investment. […] The post SpaceX Louisiana launch plan draws scrutiny over secrecy and legal carve-outs appeared first on American Almanac .
SpaceX’s vast Louisiana launch plan promises jobs and investment, but secrecy, legal carve-outs and thousands of annual flights have left nearby residents demanding answers. SpaceX says its proposed Vermilion Parish facility could launch about 30 rockets each day from five launch complexes spread across 125,000 acres. Louisiana leaders call the project a $100 billion investment. Yet residents near the coastal site are asking how the flights will affect their homes, wildlife and way of life. The state says SpaceX will pay the local parish government about $25 million annually. Records cited by Gulf States Newsroom say the company could avoid billions in property taxes over 25 years. The scale is clear even as some terms remain murky.…Open
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, September 16 for a Falcon 9 launch of the USSF-259 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The four-hour launch window opens at 6:00 p.m. PT. This will be the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6B, Twilight, NROL-172, Transporter-17, and eight Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #News #space
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has built a nearly four-hour documentary around the premise that Elon Musk is a fraud, relying heavily on disgruntled former partners and a Starlink election-rigging theory that officials already debunked. The film, titled Musk, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday and is scheduled to open in theaters October 16. […] The post Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour Musk documentary leans on scorned exes and debunked conspiracy theories appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has built a nearly four-hour documentary around the premise that Elon Musk is a fraud, relying heavily on disgruntled former partners and a Starlink election-rigging theory that officials already debunked. The film, titled Musk, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday and is scheduled to open in theaters October 16. It runs three hours and forty-five minutes, including a ten-minute intermission, a runtime that suggests Gibney needed every spare minute to stitch together a case that keeps circling back to claims the public record has already addressed. Gibney, who previously directed documentaries on Enron and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, began the project in 2023 and expanded its scope…Open
Musk's decision to provide Ukraine with access to Starlink — SpaceX's satellite internet network — has been critical in the country's war effort against Russia.
SpaceX’s Starship is spotted floating off the coast of Christmas Island after spending about 24 days at sea. The rocket launched July 24 for SpaceX’s 13th flight test, which included the first suborbital deployment of new Starlink satellites. #fox #foxnews #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #spacex #starship #elonmusk #musk #space #rocket #starlink #satellites #spacetechnology #spaceflight #innovation #technology #tech #christmasisland #flighttest #aerospace Don’t just watch Fox News—be part of it. Become a Fox News Patriot today. https://youtube.com/foxnews/join
On their first earnings call since SpaceX's June public offering, executives said the company is pouring funds into rocket development, Starlink satellites and AI.
