LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- SpaceX may soon be launching a new project, this time at ground level.
The Hawthorne-based company is negotiating a 10-year lease for an 18-acre parcel at the Port of Los Angeles.
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SpaceX reportedly hopes to build commercial transportation vessels at the facility.
The company already leases about eight acres at the port for recovery of its Dragon capsules and first-stage boosters.
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The company, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, also plans to design a deep-space rocket for missions to Mars and to transport passengers around the world in record time.