{"id":19355,"date":"2026-08-30T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ytvmarketnews.com\/its-true-spacex-is-coming-to-louisiana-heres-how-you-can-profit-from-that-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:14:14","slug":"its-true-spacex-is-coming-to-louisiana-heres-how-you-can-profit-from-that-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ytvmarketnews.com\/its-true-spacex-is-coming-to-louisiana-heres-how-you-can-profit-from-that-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s True. SpaceX Is Coming to Louisiana. Here’s How You Can Profit From That."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n
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By now you may have heard the news: Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies<\/strong> (SPCX<\/a> +0.45%<\/span>)<\/span> company is coming to Louisiana — and bringing a pile of cash along for the ride.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 25, SpaceX said it planned to develop a high-volume launch facility for Starship on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. The site will host 10 Starship launch pads, deep-water shipping ports and vehicle processing facilities for receiving cargo, and an airport, and will cost $100 billion to build. It won’t all be spent at once, of course, but construction will begin in 2027, with the first launch pad expected to be operational by 2029, and further work continuing after that. <\/p>\n

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Image source: The Motley Fool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Arguably even more important than the infrastructure is the location chosen for Starbase Louisiana.<\/p>\n

As far back as May, speculation began floating around that SpaceX was interested in Louisiana<\/a>. One notable post on X (coincidentally, also owned by Elon Musk and part of SpaceX) said that SpaceX “may have acquired or is acquiring 136k acres (212 sq miles) of marshland” on the Louisiana coast. In a flash of insight, this poster observed that the site in question had access to natural gas pipelines owned by Cheniere Energy<\/strong> (LNG<\/a> +0.55%<\/span>)<\/span> and ExxonMobil<\/strong> (XOM<\/a> +0.17%<\/span>)<\/span> subsidiary Golden Pass LNG.<\/p>\n

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SPACEX: A realtor named Jim Keaty of Keaty Real Estate published a rumor of possible SpaceX land acquisition in Louisiana. <\/p>\n

It states SpaceX may have acquired or is acquiring 136k acres (212 sq miles) of marshland south of Highway 82 toward the Gulf of America in Pecan Island… https:\/\/t.co\/3mv5Do8sTP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/c36x41kNMw<\/a><\/p>\n

— S.E. Robinson, Jr. (@SERobinsonJr) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And why is that important? Well, consider that every Starship launched consumes about 1,040 metric tons of rocket fuel.<\/p>\n

Now, natural gas is primarily composed of methane (as much as 97%). Once purified to remove contaminants such as CO2, oxygen, nitrogen, and other gases, it can be cooled to yield liquid methane — itself the primary component of methalox rocket fuel. <\/p>\n

Translation: SpaceX is building its new Starbase atop two gas lines that already exist<\/em>, and that deliver straight to Elon Musk’s doorstep all the rocket fuel his Starships will ever need.<\/p>\n

What this means to investors<\/h2>\n

Following SpaceX’s confirmation of speculation that it will build its second-ever Starbase in Louisiana, many commenters rushed in to opine on the financial wisdom of the move and on SpaceX’s ability to raise the $100 billion it expects to spend to complete the project.<\/p>\n

Neither of which worries me.<\/p>\n

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