SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 : SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday to build a Starship rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, a $100 billion effort poised to transform coastal wetlands into a critical base for the company's AI satellite launch ambitions.The 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) site on Pecan Island, which SpaceX named Starbase, Louisiana, will expand the company's Starship launch operations beyond South Texas and Florida. It will eventually launch thousands of Starship flights a year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said.Construction will begin next year with the first Starship launch in 2029, SpaceX said in a statement. Shotwell detailed the plans near the proposed site in Louisiana's Vermilion Parish at an event with Governor Jeff Landry and other senior state officials.SpaceX plans t