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SpaceX Signs Lease Agreement With Air Force For Landing Pad

Posted by timothy on from the military-musk-complex dept.

PaisteUser writes Space News reports that SpaceX has signed a historic agreement to allow construction of a landing pad for Falcon 9 booster stages. From the article: "The U.S. Air Force announced Feb. 10 that SpaceX has signed a five-year lease for Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13, which was used to launch Atlas rockets and missiles between 1956 and 1978. In its new role, it will serve as a landing pad for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy booster cores launched from Florida, the Air Force said. Financial terms of the lease were not disclosed." Patrick Air Force Base also provides the documentation used for the environmental impact study which details out how the landing pad will be constructed.

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  1. Re:SpaceX stories by Scottingham · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or they are producing news worthy material at a pace much quicker than most other companies...

    Seriously, why would SpaceX give a shit about promotion on Slashdot? It's not like any of us schmucks will buy a rocket.

  2. Re:SpaceX stories by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, why would SpaceX give a shit about promotion on Slashdot?

    Don't worry - the AC is just upset that Musk and Co. are building the future whist he merely spends his life complaining about things in front of his terminal.

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  3. Re:SpaceX stories by bigpat · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seriously, why would SpaceX give a shit about promotion on Slashdot?

    Don't worry - the AC is just upset that Musk and Co. are building the future whist he merely spends his life complaining about things in front of his terminal.

    Seriously. SpaceX is cool for what they have already accomplished reducing launch costs significantly. If they can reduce costs even further it will enable far greater space exploration and much more sustainable utilization of space. If SpaceX can actually land some of these rocket stages so they can reuse the rockets eventually and make good on reducing costs even further, then that is a giant leap forward on par with all the great milestones. People are excited about SpaceX and the new space race for all the right reasons.