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Inside the deal bringing SpaceX to Louisiana: Everything we know so far in under 2 minutes 9%

By Justin Mitchell0% Stephanie Riegel52%

8/4/2026, 1:32:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 21.4% saturation with 22 hits. Analysis detected 41 faulty-reasoning hits from 103 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 19.9% and a BS Rank of 9% (24,666 of 26,881 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 91.80% of the article peer group.

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Jeff Landry’s administration is expected in the coming weeks to announce a deal bringing Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Louisiana. 
Planned for 130,000 acres in coastal Vermilion Parish, the spaceport that will launch rockets from Pecan Island into the lower Earth orbit. 
Times-Picayune business reporter Stephanie Riegel, along with reporter Alex Lubben, were able to confirm the deal and report new details this week. 
Watch now to learn the latest, or click here for the full story. 
If you can’t see the video below, watch it here. 
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