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The company seeks to use an 18-acre site at Berth 240 in the port "for the construction and operation of a facility to manufacture large commercial transportation vessels." Operations at the site would include "research and development of transportation vessels and would likely include general manufacturing procedures such as welding, composite curing, cleaning, painting, and assembly operations." Completed vessels would need to be transported by water due to their size, the document states, as a means to explain why the company needs a facility immediately adjacent to the water.
The BFR is an in-development, privately owned rocket that’s designed to go to Mars. The name is traditionally assumed to mean “Big F**king Rocket,” although there are signs that SpaceX is stepping back from this; they really meant it to stand for “Big Falcon Rocket,” they claim — for obvious reasons.
originally posted by: underpass61
The company seeks to use an 18-acre site at Berth 240 in the port "for the construction and operation of a facility to manufacture large commercial transportation vessels." Operations at the site would include "research and development of transportation vessels and would likely include general manufacturing procedures such as welding, composite curing, cleaning, painting, and assembly operations." Completed vessels would need to be transported by water due to their size, the document states, as a means to explain why the company needs a facility immediately adjacent to the water.
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This is good news for industry here in SoCal and for the Port. SpaceX hasn't specifically identified what these "large commercial transportation vessels" are but it's a pretty good guess. This along with the development of the AltaSea campus and It looks like the L.A. harbor will be leading the way into the future.
originally posted by: underpass61
a reply to: lostbook
They're eyeing the site of the old Southwest Marine Shipyard, which built 40 Navy destroyers during WWII but has been out of use for 20+ years.
Also yes, the main SpaceX facility in El Segundo is just east of LAX.
ETA : CORRECTION SpaceX is actually in the neighboring city of Hawthorne, not El Segundo. Sorry about that!
originally posted by: underpass61
a reply to: lostbook
I guess 18 acres is big enough to satisfy their needs. Also, the Port of L.A. is really BIG, the #1 container shipping port in North America.
The best part is it will be adding 750 jobs - I live portside so this is really going to help the local economy.
originally posted by: underpass61
a reply to: lostbook
They're eyeing the site of the old Southwest Marine Shipyard, which built 40 Navy destroyers during WWII but has been out of use for 20+ years.