SpaceX Is Studying Site For 'Commercial Cape Canaveral' Near Brownsville, Texas

New submitter RealTime writes "SpaceX filed a notice with the FAA (PDF) that it is preparing an environmental impact study in consideration of a site in Texas for use as a commercial spaceport. 'The site in question is in the southern tip of the state of Texas, just outside Brownsville in Cameron County, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, over which SpaceX's launches would fly.' The proposed site would handle up to 12 commercial launches per year. 'There's plenty of red tape associated with Kennedy Space Center, and the center is often reserved for large blocks of time by other launchers. If SpaceX had its own pad, it wouldn't have to share.'"

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cool and all, but.....

[WindBourne]

they are claiming only 12 launches with 2 being FH. Seems crazy. I would think that they would want to allow at least 2/month.
Likewise, I am wondering if they approached blue origin and seen if they want to launch from there as well. If Blue Origin will do launches from there, then hopefully, the neo-cons like Hutchinson and Croyn will reconsider trying to stop private space. As it is, I am sick and tired of the neo-cons pushing a communist approach to launch when we have a nice cheap alternative in private space. It is sick that these neo-cons put their elections ahead of the needs of the nation.