{"id":30249,"date":"2026-09-29T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/?p=30249"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:40:05","slug":"spacex-veut-transformer-les-marais-de-louisiane-en-gigantesque-base-spatiale-pour-lancer-des-milliers-de-starship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/spacex-veut-transformer-les-marais-de-louisiane-en-gigantesque-base-spatiale-pour-lancer-des-milliers-de-starship\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX veut transformer les marais de Louisiane en gigantesque base spatiale pour lancer des milliers de Starship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1665f18d14f35dd9e7566e1a8ac9a3e9\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2860849627502538\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3019501113\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>SpaceX ne semble d\u00e9cid\u00e9ment plus vouloir raisonner \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle d\u2019un simple programme spatial. Avec son nouveau projet en Louisiane, l\u2019entreprise d\u2019Elon Musk pr\u00e9pare quelque chose de beaucoup plus vaste : un immense complexe capable, \u00e0 terme, de faire d\u00e9coller des Starship \u00e0 une cadence jamais observ\u00e9e jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent dans l\u2019histoire de l\u2019astronautique.<\/p>\n<p>Le projet porte un nom qui ne laisse d\u2019ailleurs gu\u00e8re de doute sur ses ambitions : <strong>Starbase Louisiana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Cette nouvelle base doit \u00eatre construite dans la paroisse de Vermilion, au sud de la Louisiane, sur la c\u00f4te du golfe du Mexique. Et lorsqu\u2019on parle de base, le mot est presque trop faible : SpaceX pr\u00e9voit d\u2019occuper un domaine d\u2019environ <strong>125 000 acres, soit plus de 50 000 hectares<\/strong>. L\u2019investissement annonc\u00e9 atteint quant \u00e0 lui le chiffre vertigineux de <strong>100 milliards de dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Un v\u00e9ritable port spatial industriel<\/h2>\n<p>SpaceX ne pr\u00e9voit pas simplement d\u2019installer une rampe de lancement au milieu des marais.<\/p>\n<p>Les plans actuellement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s \u00e9voquent jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>dix complexes de lancement et d\u2019atterrissage pour Starship et son booster Super Heavy<\/strong>. Le site disposerait \u00e9galement de ses propres installations de production de carburant, de moyens de production d\u2019\u00e9nergie, d\u2019infrastructures permettant de pr\u00e9parer et de traiter les v\u00e9hicules, mais aussi d\u2019un port en eau profonde.<\/p>\n<p>Un a\u00e9roport pourrait m\u00eame faire partie de l\u2019ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Autrement dit, SpaceX cherche \u00e0 cr\u00e9er un \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me presque autonome o\u00f9 les fus\u00e9es arriveraient, seraient pr\u00e9par\u00e9es, ravitaill\u00e9es, lanc\u00e9es, r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9es puis remises en service.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est probablement l\u00e0 que se trouve la v\u00e9ritable r\u00e9volution recherch\u00e9e par l\u2019entreprise.<\/p>\n<p>Car si Starship doit un jour devenir ce que souhaite Elon Musk, il ne pourra plus fonctionner comme une fus\u00e9e traditionnelle dont chaque lancement constitue presque un \u00e9v\u00e9nement exceptionnel. Il devra se rapprocher davantage du fonctionnement d\u2019une flotte d\u2019avions, avec des v\u00e9hicules r\u00e9utilis\u00e9s rapidement et des d\u00e9parts extr\u00eamement fr\u00e9quents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6438\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/lancement-de-la-capsule-dragon-2-par-spacex\/spacex-dragon2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?fit=965%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"965,466\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spacex-dragon2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?fit=800%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-6438 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?resize=800%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?resize=800%2C386&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?resize=900%2C435&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spacex-dragon2.jpg?w=965&amp;ssl=1 965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Des milliers de lancements par an<\/h2>\n<p>Et c\u2019est ici que les chiffres commencent \u00e0 devenir assez difficiles \u00e0 imaginer.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX explique vouloir disposer d\u2019une infrastructure capable de soutenir <strong>des milliers de vols de Starship chaque ann\u00e9e<\/strong>. Elon Musk a m\u00eame \u00e9voqu\u00e9 \u00e0 terme des cadences d\u00e9passant une trentaine de vols quotidiens dans le cadre du d\u00e9veloppement massif de Starship.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, nous en sommes \u00e9videmment encore tr\u00e8s loin.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00eame SpaceX, qui domine tr\u00e8s largement le march\u00e9 mondial des lancements avec Falcon 9, fonctionne actuellement \u00e0 des rythmes sans commune mesure avec ceux envisag\u00e9s pour Starship.<\/p>\n<p>Passer de quelques centaines de lancements orbitaux par an \u00e0 plusieurs milliers n\u00e9cessiterait donc un changement complet d\u2019\u00e9chelle.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est justement pour cette raison que la Louisiane int\u00e9resse SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 avait expliqu\u00e9 d\u00e8s le printemps qu\u2019elle recherchait plusieurs nouveaux emplacements, car une cadence de plusieurs milliers de vols annuels ne pourrait tout simplement pas \u00eatre assur\u00e9e depuis une seule base.<\/p>\n<p>Starbase au Texas resterait ainsi un site majeur pour le d\u00e9veloppement et la fabrication du Starship, tandis que la Louisiane pourrait progressivement devenir l\u2019une des grandes bases destin\u00e9es aux op\u00e9rations intensives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17611\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/spacex-revele-une-cargaison-secrete-dans-la-voiture-qui-a-ete-envoyee-dans-lespace\/spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fusee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fus%C3%A9e.jpg?fit=700%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fus\u00e9e\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fus%C3%A9e.jpg?fit=700%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-17611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fus%C3%A9e.jpg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fus%C3%A9e.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/spacex-tesla-secret-payload-arch-fus%C3%A9e.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Pourquoi construire au milieu des marais ?<\/h2>\n<p>Le choix de la Louisiane peut para\u00eetre \u00e9tonnant.<\/p>\n<p>La r\u00e9gion concern\u00e9e est constitu\u00e9e en grande partie de zones c\u00f4ti\u00e8res humides et de marais. Elle est \u00e9galement particuli\u00e8rement expos\u00e9e aux ouragans et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9rosion du littoral.<\/p>\n<p>Mais elle poss\u00e8de plusieurs avantages consid\u00e9rables pour SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>Sa position sur le golfe du Mexique facilite d\u2019abord certaines trajectoires de lancement au-dessus de la mer. Le site poss\u00e8de \u00e9galement un acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des infrastructures \u00e9nerg\u00e9tiques et gazi\u00e8res particuli\u00e8rement importantes dans cette r\u00e9gion historiquement li\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019industrie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019acc\u00e8s maritime constitue un autre \u00e9l\u00e9ment essentiel. Avec un Starship mesurant plus de 120 m\u00e8tres de haut dans sa configuration compl\u00e8te, d\u00e9placer les diff\u00e9rents \u00e9l\u00e9ments du lanceur par voie maritime peut devenir beaucoup plus pratique que par la route.<\/p>\n<p>Une partie des terrains concern\u00e9s appartenait d\u2019ailleurs auparavant \u00e0 ExxonMobil.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30253\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/spacex-veut-transformer-les-marais-de-louisiane-en-gigantesque-base-spatiale-pour-lancer-des-milliers-de-starship\/future-base-spatiale-spacex-louisiane\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?fit=1672%2C941&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1672,941\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Future base spatiale spacex Louisiane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-30253 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=80%2C45&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=1226%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=928%2C522&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?resize=480%2C270&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Future-base-spatiale-spacex-Louisiane-.jpg?w=1672&amp;ssl=1 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration de \u00e0 quoi devra ressembler Starbase Louisiana&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Mais le projet pose d\u00e9j\u00e0 des questions environnementales<\/h2>\n<p>C\u2019est \u00e9videmment l\u2019un des points les plus sensibles.<\/p>\n<p>Installer l\u2019un des plus grands complexes spatiaux du monde au milieu de dizaines de milliers d\u2019hectares de zones humides ne peut pas se faire sans cons\u00e9quences potentielles.<\/p>\n<p>Les marais c\u00f4tiers de Louisiane constituent des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes extr\u00eamement riches. Ils accueillent notamment de nombreuses esp\u00e8ces d\u2019oiseaux migrateurs et jouent \u00e9galement un r\u00f4le de protection naturelle du littoral contre les temp\u00eates et les ouragans.<\/p>\n<p>Des associations environnementales s\u2019inqui\u00e8tent donc d\u00e9j\u00e0 de l\u2019impact que pourraient avoir les travaux, les infrastructures, le bruit et surtout les futurs lancements \u00e0 tr\u00e8s haute fr\u00e9quence.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX affirme de son c\u00f4t\u00e9 qu\u2019une grande partie de l\u2019immense propri\u00e9t\u00e9 restera non d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e et que l&rsquo;entreprise travaillera avec les autorit\u00e9s pour pr\u00e9server et restaurer certaines zones humides.<\/p>\n<p>Il faudra toutefois attendre les \u00e9tudes environnementales et les proc\u00e9dures r\u00e9glementaires pour conna\u00eetre pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment l\u2019impact r\u00e9el du projet.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/la-conquete-spatiale-de-spacex\/elon-musk-ok\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"elon musk ok\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22445 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?resize=700%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?resize=580%2C326&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/elon-musk-ok.jpg?resize=174%2C98&amp;ssl=1 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Premier Starship depuis la Louisiane en 2029 ?<\/h2>\n<p>SpaceX pr\u00e9voit de commencer la construction du site \u00e0 partir de <strong>2027<\/strong>, avec l\u2019objectif particuli\u00e8rement ambitieux de r\u00e9aliser un premier lancement de Starship depuis la Louisiane en <strong>2029<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Les autorit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques de Louisiane se montrent l\u00e9g\u00e8rement plus prudentes et parlent plut\u00f4t d&rsquo;un d\u00e9but des op\u00e9rations autour de <strong>2030<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Il faudra surtout observer l&rsquo;\u00e9volution du Starship lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n<p>Le lanceur g\u00e9ant de SpaceX doit encore d\u00e9montrer qu\u2019il peut voler r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, placer de lourdes charges en orbite, \u00eatre r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 puis r\u00e9utilis\u00e9 rapidement et, surtout, effectuer des ravitaillements en orbite. Toutes ces \u00e9tapes sont indispensables pour les projets lunaires et martiens de l&rsquo;entreprise.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22443\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/la-conquete-spatiale-de-spacex\/spaxex0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/spaxex0.jpg?fit=514%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"514,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spaxex0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;La capsule Crew Dragon 2 de SpaceX a d\u00e9coll\u00e9 sans faux pas vers l\u2019ISS, avec \u00e0 son bord le Fran\u00e7ais Thomas Pesquet ce vendredi 23 avril 2021&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/spaxex0.jpg?fit=514%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-22443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/spaxex0.jpg?resize=514%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/spaxex0.jpg?w=514&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/spaxex0.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La capsule Crew Dragon 2 de SpaceX a d\u00e9coll\u00e9 sans faux pas vers l\u2019ISS, avec \u00e0 son bord le Fran\u00e7ais Thomas Pesquet ce vendredi 23 avril 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Derri\u00e8re Starbase Louisiana se cache un projet beaucoup plus vaste<\/h2>\n<p>L\u2019objectif de cette nouvelle base d\u00e9passe largement le simple lancement de satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Starship doit permettre \u00e0 SpaceX d\u2019envoyer les futures g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de satellites Starlink, mais \u00e9galement de transporter des quantit\u00e9s consid\u00e9rables de mat\u00e9riel en orbite.<\/p>\n<p>Il joue aussi un r\u00f4le essentiel dans le programme <strong>Artemis<\/strong> de la NASA, qui pr\u00e9voit d\u2019utiliser une version sp\u00e9cialement modifi\u00e9e du Starship comme module lunaire.<\/p>\n<p>Et les ambitions d\u2019Elon Musk vont \u00e9videmment beaucoup plus loin : la Lune, Mars, le transport massif de marchandises dans l\u2019espace et peut-\u00eatre, \u00e0 terme, toute une nouvelle infrastructure industrielle en orbite.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est finalement ce qui rend le projet de Louisiane particuli\u00e8rement int\u00e9ressant.<\/p>\n<p>Il ne s\u2019agit pas seulement de construire un nouveau pas de tir.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX commence \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer les infrastructures dont elle aurait besoin <strong>si Starship devenait r\u00e9ellement un moyen de transport spatial utilis\u00e9 \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Et c\u2019est peut-\u00eatre l\u00e0 le pari le plus impressionnant.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, voir une fus\u00e9e g\u00e9ante d\u00e9coller reste un \u00e9v\u00e9nement. SpaceX travaille d\u00e9sormais sur un futur o\u00f9 en voir partir plusieurs dans une m\u00eame journ\u00e9e pourrait devenir parfaitement banal.<\/p>\n<p>Entre l\u2019annonce et la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, il reste encore \u00e9norm\u00e9ment d\u2019obstacles techniques, r\u00e9glementaires et environnementaux \u00e0 franchir.<\/p>\n<p>Mais si Starbase Louisiana voit r\u00e9ellement le jour dans les proportions annonc\u00e9es, le changement d\u2019\u00e9chelle serait consid\u00e9rable : on ne parlerait alors plus vraiment d\u2019une base de lancement traditionnelle, mais de l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res tentatives de cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un v\u00e9ritable <strong>port spatial industriel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Adaptation Terra Projects&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources : Reuters, Associated Press, Aviation Week, Ars Technica, TechCrunch \u2014 ao\u00fbt 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"30249\">(3)<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX ne semble d\u00e9cid\u00e9ment plus vouloir raisonner \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle d\u2019un simple programme spatial. Avec son nouveau projet en Louisiane, l\u2019entreprise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[8431,5350,1878,2688,7284,8433,5785,8432,6908],"class_list":["post-30249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-espace","tag-cadence","tag-elon-musk","tag-fusee","tag-louisiane","tag-port-spatial","tag-port-spatial-industriel","tag-spacex","tag-starbase-louisiana","tag-starship","wpcat-22-id"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p631RN-7RT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19976,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/spacex-planifierait-de-faire-atterrir-un-vaisseau-spatial-sur-la-lune-dici-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":30249,"position":0},"title":"SpaceX planifierait de faire atterrir un vaisseau spatial sur la Lune d&rsquo;ici 2022","author":"Admin","date":"22 d\u00e9cembre 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"La pr\u00e9sidente de SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 spacetech souhaitait poser son \u00e9norme vaisseau spatial Starship sur la Lune d'ici trois ans. \"Clairement, nous voulons mettre Starship en orbite d'ici un an\", a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Shotwell lors du Congr\u00e8s astronomique international de cette ann\u00e9e \u00e0 Washington DC, cit\u00e9\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Espace&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Espace","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/sujets\/espace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spacex-lune.jpg?fit=1200%2C736&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spacex-lune.jpg?fit=1200%2C736&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spacex-lune.jpg?fit=1200%2C736&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spacex-lune.jpg?fit=1200%2C736&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spacex-lune.jpg?fit=1200%2C736&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17715,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/elon-musk-vient-de-nous-devoiler-la-fusee-starship-qui-nous-emmenera-sur-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":30249,"position":1},"title":"Elon Musk vient de nous d\u00e9voiler la fus\u00e9e Starship qui nous emm\u00e8nera sur Mars","author":"Admin","date":"12 janvier 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Comme vous le savez probablement d\u00e9j\u00e0, SpaceX devrait \u00eatre la premi\u00e8re entreprise spatiale \u00e0 envoyer une fus\u00e9e de transport sur Mars. L\u2019entreprise a\u00e9rospatiale d\u2019Elon Musk a d\u00e9j\u00e0 annonc\u00e9 ses intentions en la mati\u00e8re et a pour objectif d\u2019envoyer des hommes sur Mars entre 2022 et 2024. Pour y parvenir, les\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Espace&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Espace","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/sujets\/espace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/elon-musk-starship.jpg?fit=1200%2C876&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/elon-musk-starship.jpg?fit=1200%2C876&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/elon-musk-starship.jpg?fit=1200%2C876&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/elon-musk-starship.jpg?fit=1200%2C876&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/elon-musk-starship.jpg?fit=1200%2C876&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18199,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/nouvel-objectif-delon-musk-atteindre-la-lune-aussi-vite-que-possible\/","url_meta":{"origin":30249,"position":2},"title":"Nouvel objectif d&rsquo;Elon Musk: \u00abAtteindre la Lune aussi vite que possible\u00bb","author":"Admin","date":"1 f\u00e9vrier 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Elon Musk veut vraiment aller sur la Lune - et \"aussi vite que possible\", a-t-il \u00e9crit dans un tweet la nuit derni\u00e8re . 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Je m\u2019appelle Elon Musk. Je suis le fondateur de SpaceX. Dans cinq ans, vous \u00eates morts. \u00bb Quand Elon Musk prononce ces mots en 2006, \u00e0 Washington, devant les experts mondiaux du spatial, personne ne le prend au s\u00e9rieux. 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