State Senator Addresses Space X, Blue Origin Rumors

State Senator Hensgens discusses potential SpaceX project impact on Vermilion Parish

State Sen. Bob Hensgens addressed the Rotary Club of Abbeville regarding rumored SpaceX interest in Pecan Island, urging Vermilion Parish to prepare for potential economic shifts.

State senator urges Vermilion Parish to plan for growth amid possible space project

ERATH — On Wednesday, the space industry was on the minds of dozens of Vermilion Parish residents and members of the Rotary Club of Abbeville who piled into Erath Community Center, all to try and glean a little more information about what project could potentially come to their area from State Senator Bob Hensgens.“Who is it? I don’t know. When is it coming? I don’t know,” Hensgens said.Officials with the Rotary Club noted at the meeting that it…

State senator addresses Space X, Blue Origin rumors

For months, speculation has circulated about a space exploration company coming to Vermilion Parish.State Sen. Bob Hensgens addressed those rumors directly with parish residents at a meeting, though no questions were taken from the public during or after the meeting."I hold no details of a possible SpaceX or Blue Origin purchase of property in Vermilion Parish," Hensgens said.He said the parish's access to the Intracoastal Waterway, which provid…

Could Louisiana ‘Cajunize’ the space industry?

State Sen. Bob Hensgens is bullish about what SpaceX could do for Vermilion Parish.  The Vermilion Parish senator wants to see it “Cajunized” like the mid-20th century oil boom that came to define the economy in South Louisiana.  “When the oilfield came and employed that many people, you [couldn’t] go almost anywhere in the world, go on a drilling platform, and not find a Cajun out there,” Hensgens says. “We became part of the oilfield. And I th…