Here’s What SpaceX’s Massive New Floating Spaceport Looks Like Up Close
SpaceX has bought two huge oil rigs to convert into floating spaceports
By Victor Tangermann at Futurism
“SpaceX is building floating, super-heavy-class spaceports off the port of Pascagoula, Mississippi for Mars, Moon and hypersonic travel around Earth,” CEO Elon Musk wrote in a June 2020 tweet.
SpaceX has bought two huge oil rigs to convert into floating spaceports for its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft. Named Phobos and Deimos, after the two Martian moons, SpaceX intends the massive structures to support super heavy lift launches.