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I wonder how long SpaceX will maintain ops in their Hawthorne facility before opening a new one. With the larger rockets, I would think shipping via highway wou
by kirykl 11y ago
I wonder how long SpaceX will maintain ops in their Hawthorne facility before opening a new one. With the larger rockets, I would think shipping via highway would become a problem. Also I wonder how feasible it is to continue to produce rockets so far from launch sites
- rst 11y agoThey plan to be producing Falcon family rockets for a long time yet, and those are sized to permit highway shipping. They plan to produce larger rockets for the Mars project, but their current plan for those, per hints they've occasionally dribbled out at industry confabs, is to build a new factory near the launch site.
- dba7dba 11y agoAre most rockets manufactued near launch site? Think not. BTW Long Beach port is just 1 hr away from Hawthorne.