SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the company is contemplating launching its Starship rocket, aimed at returning humans to the Moon, from Florida.
What Happened: All development and manufacturing of the Starship currently takes place at Starbase in Texas. All three of the Starship’s past test flights launched from the commercial spaceport located in Cameron County near the Gulf of Mexico.
However, Musk took to social media and said the company aims to build two Starship towers at Cape Canaveral in Florida, hinting at plans to launch Starships from the state. While one of the two towers is expected to be at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, the location for the second is still under consideration, the CEO said.
“We're aiming to build two towers at the Cape for Starship, one at 39A ...