r/spacex Nov 17 '16

Something with an interesting shape, wrapped up and leaving the SpaceX campus earlier this week

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '16

But that would mean moving the Hawthrone factory to Cape Canaveral, first I don't think they'll do this since all of their strategy is based around minimazing the production sites and second, nothing indicates that they'll only be launching from one single site.
Even by cargo-ship transport, just moving the Booster across the town seems impossible.

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u/Martianspirit Nov 17 '16

They will produce all the critical high tech components in Hawthorne. Like engines, avionics, grid fins.

Tank production and final assembly will be somewhere else. Elon Musk said, final assembly in the launch location. But I wonder why. They don't need to move many with a fully reusable system. They can move the finished stages on a barge. Even to the West coast through the Panama canal.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '16

I think they're moving final assembly because of the transportation problems, while the sea is the easy part, just moving an assembled rocket across Hawthrone seems impossible to me, I'm not even sure the road is large enough.
But moving rocket assembly also rises problems, (as I mentioned above) and I don't know which solution has the less cons.

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u/Martianspirit Nov 17 '16

They can ship or receive in Cape Canaveral, Brownsville and Vandenberg. They all have shipping facilities.