MelvinUdall said:

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I just can't imagine them looking for ways to eliminate jobs…it would just be dumb.

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Welcome to the Democrat Party. AOC badmouthed Amazon and cost her district a bunch of jobs a few years ago.

Demoncrats are not known for being good at business and creating income.

Terafab is moving fast https://t.co/w08yJCS9Uu

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2026

First - no effect on Terafab.

Second- will likely just move business and jobs to Louisiana since he is building out a huge launch facility there. If she was smart she'd get him to buy some high priced, highly desired land for the state park system and make a swap. There is a reason that Boca Chica never developed out down there when other areas did. But she won't do anything smart like that because it won't make the news like a land sale freeze would.

EBrazosAg said:

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First - no effect on Terafab.

Second- will likely just move business and jobs to Louisiana since he is building out a huge launch facility there. If she was smart she'd get him to buy some high priced, highly desired land for the state park system and make a swap. There is a reason that Boca Chica never developed out down there when other areas did. But she won't do anything smart like that because it won't make the news like a land sale freeze would.

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From what I have seen about Boca Chica vs star base Louisiana, SpaceX was never going to get the desired launch volume in Boca Chica. SpaceX is pushing for multiple launches per week (per day?) in LA.

I assume a big part of that is the "protected wildlife". I don't know how much the shipping channel and flight paths between Mexico and the major airports in Texas were also effected by SpaceX launches.

SpaceX is trying to convince FAA that they need to change the way they close airspace for launches. Rather than closing the airspace for much of a day with several days advanced notice, SpaceX is pushing for something closer to treating a rocket launch like a plane flight, and just route the air traffic around a lunch bubble in real time.

BiochemAg97 said:

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EBrazosAg said:

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First - no effect on Terafab.

Second- will likely just move business and jobs to Louisiana since he is building out a huge launch facility there. If she was smart she'd get him to buy some high priced, highly desired land for the state park system and make a swap. There is a reason that Boca Chica never developed out down there when other areas did. But she won't do anything smart like that because it won't make the news like a land sale freeze would.

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From what I have seen about Boca Chica vs star base Louisiana, SpaceX was never going to get the desired launch volume in Boca Chica. SpaceX is pushing for multiple launches per week (per day?) in LA.

I assume a big part of that is the "protected wildlife". I don't know how much the shipping channel and flight paths between Mexico and the major airports in Texas were also effected by SpaceX launches.

SpaceX is trying to convince FAA that they need to change the way they close airspace for launches. Rather than closing the airspace for much of a day with several days advanced notice, SpaceX is pushing for something closer to treating a rocket launch like a plane flight, and just route the air traffic around a lunch bubble in real time.

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Launch volume is a consideration (this is actually a national problem, the Space Force is looking into a new heavy and super heavy lift launch site) but orbital mechanics is also a major factor. SpaceX is planning to launch 1 million AI satellites and needs access to polar orbits. The Louisiana coast is incredibly compelling as you can launch due south without performance hits caused by dogleg maneuvers and only a short flight over a relatively sparsely populated part of Mexico, after the most energetic phases of flight.