SpaceX is building an offshore rocket launch facility

SpaceX plans to launch rockets from a new facility several miles offshore.

A SpaceX job posting went up asking for an engineer to help "design and build an operational offshore rocket launch facility." On Twitter, CEO Elon Musk said SpaceX was building "superheavy-class spaceports" to launch craft to Mars and the moon, and for "hypersonic travel around Earth."

The job is based in Brownsville, Texas, near where SpaceX already has a land-based launch center in Boca Chica. The post also asks for "previous experience living or working offshore, or professional experience in the marine/offshore industry." Read more...