[jacobkranz]

I was under the impression they can't due to ITARS / it being technically rocket technology. I know EU launches from French Guiana but that's still technically France or at minimum has a deep relation

[rtkwe]

French Guiana is just wholly a part of France afaik. Maybe it has some minor special status but it's a proper part of France.

[oittaa]

I don't see why SpaceX couldn't launch from there even if it required some kind of special ITAR permission first. It's not like those haven't been made before if needed. SpaceX has launched EU spy satellites anyway and the US used to launch some satellites with Ariane 5 etc. Or am I missing something here? It just seems like it shouldn't be a big deal if SpaceX constructed a launch site in French Guiana or some other country that participates in American space programs.

[HideousKojima]

Puerto Rico then maybe? Though weather, infrastructure, and lack of employees willing to move there could be an issue.

[_joel]

The rockets are built at the site they're launched from, they'd need to rebuild all that infrastructure. They're already doing this at KSC and have been for the past year or more now.

[soperj]

Don't know that the weather would be any worse than in Boca

[dylan604]

Let's repurpose Guantanamo Bay