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Watch: SpaceX to expand Texas launch facility for future Mars missions

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By Sciences · March 7, 2018, 2:12 AM UTC

Watch: SpaceX to expand Texas launch facility for future Mars missions

Key takeaways

SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions.

After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed.

With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “super facility” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger…

SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions. After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed. With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “super facility” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger scale than initially planned. SpaceX and local representatives say the facility will boost job growth and help send humans to Mars, SpaceX’s chief long-term goal.

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