SpaceX will build the “Big Falcon Rocket” at the Port of Los Angeles, the city’s mayor announced this week.
SpaceX plans to build a new facility on a site that takes up about 18 acres in a small industrial zone. The company could have a presence there for up to 30 years. The Los Angeles Times reported that SpaceX has a 10-year lease and two options for 10-year extensions. Initial annual rent is about $1.38 million with annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index.
The BFR is SpaceX’s next-generation vehicle. The company plans to use it to send people to Mars by 2024, as well as high-speed travel on Earth. The rocket is 30 feet in diameter and more than 340 feet tall.
Given how massive the rocket is, SpaceX needed a new facility to accommodate manufacturing. The Port of Los Angeles is about 20 miles from the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif.
SpaceX has used the port since 2012 for West Coast recovery operations of its Dragon capsules and first-stage boosters
SpaceX plans to build a new facility on a site that takes up about 18 acres in a small industrial zone. The company could have a presence there for up to 30 years. The Los Angeles Times reported that SpaceX has a 10-year lease and two options for 10-year extensions. Initial annual rent is about $1.38 million with annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index.
The BFR is SpaceX’s next-generation vehicle. The company plans to use it to send people to Mars by 2024, as well as high-speed travel on Earth. The rocket is 30 feet in diameter and more than 340 feet tall.
Given how massive the rocket is, SpaceX needed a new facility to accommodate manufacturing. The Port of Los Angeles is about 20 miles from the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif.
SpaceX has used the port since 2012 for West Coast recovery operations of its Dragon capsules and first-stage boosters
