Floating Spaceports Being Developed

Elon Musk revealed last year that SpaceX would one-day develop floating ‘spaceports’ to launch its Starship rocket to the moon and Mars — and it seems that time has finally come. A job posting on the SpaceX website lists a new position for an Offshore Operations Engineer who will “work as part of a team of engineers and technicians to design and build an operational offshore rocket launch facility.” Musk also confirmed the listing on his Twitter Tuesday, writing: “SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon & hypersonic travel around Earth.”

… The billionaire first shared plans of the floating spaceports in 2019, stating it would need to be 20 miles offshore and accessed through tunnels dug under the water — which ties in The Boring Company.