Will Starship launch from foreign shores? SpaceX 'constantly exploring' options for megarocket liftoff sites

Starship launches could soon be an international affair. SpaceX revealed on Tuesday (May 12) that it's hunting for additional launch sites for Starship , the giant rocket it's developing to help humanity settle the moon and Mars , among other tasks. And some of those sites may be on foreign shores. "It's no secret that we intend to launch Starship a lot, targeting thousands of flights per year. That cadence will require the ability to launch from many different locations, so we are constantly exploring to find viable sites to expand Starship operations in the future, both domestically and internationally," the company wrote via X on Tuesday . Those words addressed a May 4 post by X user S.E. Robinson, Jr., which discussed a rumor that SpaceX plans to acquire 212 square miles (550 square kilometers) of land in coastal Louisiana. "At the southeast corner of the land near the Freshwater City boat launch is a plot ready to be converted for port operations and direct access to the Intercoastal Canal and the Gulf of America," Robinson wrote. He also noted that the plot is about halfway between Boca Chica, Texas and Cape Canaveral, Florida. Boca Chica is home to Starbase, SpaceX's Starship manufacturing hub and the sole current launch site for the megarocket. …