Starbase Louisiana merchandise, cooked in the marsh

SpaceX has announced Starbase Louisiana. The site they named sits at Freshwater City, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana — coastal marsh, Gulf side, next to the community everyone already knows as Pecan Island. Rocket Gumbo is the independent shop for Starbase Louisiana merchandise. Original designs. Local voice. The shop is open. We are not SpaceX, Vermilion Parish, or the State of Louisiana.

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What this is

Starbase Louisiana is the name SpaceX put on a planned launch complex in Vermilion Parish. Rocket Gumbo is what happens when that news hits a parish that already had gumbo, marsh, and a sense of humor.

This site is a home for honest place-names, a few facts that actually hold up, and Starbase Louisiana merchandise designed here — not a live operations board, not a parish bulletin, and not a fan club with a press badge.

If you want the short version: independent brand, real coordinates, shop open.

Where it is

Freshwater City is the precise site. Pecan Island is the nearby community that shows up in news and search. We use both. We do not replace Freshwater City with Pecan Island.

Parish: Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Marsh: about 125,000 acres of coastal marsh (that is the figure we use — not a round-up). Marker: NOAA CORS station FWTR, 29.5526°N, 92.3047°W.

Merch — the shop is open

Starbase Louisiana merchandise from Rocket Gumbo is for sale. Original designs. Nothing licensed. Nothing pretending to be an official patch.

Buy First Drop at the Rocket Gumbo store. Not from a parish counter and not from a rocket company.

The list

The shop is open. If you want a note when this independent Freshwater City site has news worth sending, leave an email.

Vermilion Parish, near Pecan Island. Not affiliated with SpaceX, the parish, or the state. We will not send a confirmation email.