A $100 Billion Rocket Site With Terms Negotiated Under NDAs

Louisiana state officials describe the new SpaceX site as a $100 billion investment that will launch thousands of rockets, NPR reports. The terms were not reached in the open: lawmakers helped ease regulations, and negotiations were covered under nondisclosure agreements. Treat the dollar figure and the launch count as the state's own pitch rather than an independent projection. What is documented is the process — permits smoothed by legislators, terms settled under confidentiality — and that order of events is its own story about how a launch site of that size gets approved.