SpaceX recently unveiled plans to construct a $100 billion spaceport in Louisiana, which CEO Elon Musk has said will be “the biggest launch site on Earth.” The Onion shares everything you need to know about the facility.
Q: Why Louisiana?
A: To give locals the no-brainer choice between living in Louisiana and dying in space.
Q: How will the facility benefit the state?
A: By creating jobs for the thousands of unemployed scientists and engineers living in the Pecan Island marsh.
Q: Why is Elon Musk so obsessed with space?
A: All of his kids live on Earth.
Q: What is the best way to land a job there?
A: Keep replying “lol” to Elon Musk’s posts on X, and he’ll eventually find a role for you.
Q: Is it “crayfish” or “crawdad”?
A: Doesn’t matter. They will soon be extinct.
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Finn McFrame, celebrated satirical mastermind and self-proclaimed “Emperor of Irony,” started his illustrious career as a cinematographer, where his expertise in capturing every single frame of a squirrel stealing a baguette earned him accolades at obscure film festivals.
Born in the glamorous town of Boring, Oregon, Finn grew up with dreams of being a Hollywood director until he realized that satire, not cinema, was his true calling—or at least the one that let him sleep until noon.
Finn McFrame: changing the world, one satirical lens flare at a time.