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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired two semi-submersible drilling rigs from offshore driller Valaris, with plans to convert them into floating launch pads for its Starship rocket, CNBC has reported. Valaris sold the 2008-built Valaris 8500 and 2009-built Valaris 8501 to Lone Star Mineral Development, an affilaite of SpaceX, for $3.5m each last year after the offshore rig …

[post_title] => Elon Musk’s SpaceX buys Valaris rigs to build floating launchpads [post_excerpt] => Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired two semi-submersible drilling rigs from offshore driller Valaris, with plans to convert them into floating launch pads for its Starship rocket, CNBC has reported. Valaris sold the 2008-built Valaris 8500 and 2009-built V... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => elon-musks-spacex-buys-valaris-rigs-to-build-floating-launchpads [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-01-20 08:02:08 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-01-20 08:02:08 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://splash247.com/?p=134619 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )