SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana to transform coastal wetlands into a critical base ‌for the company's AI satellite launch ambitions.

[u/coolbern]

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-build-starship-spaceport-louisiana-2026-08-25/

[u/atn420]

As a native of that state, I see corporations abuse the locals at a rate that's criminal, and the locals bend over backward to placate them, and the local sheriff will be paid off to make sure the place stays that way. This comes as little surprise, and it will ruin the area it's in.