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Pecan Island Mission Patch Tee
The patch for a mission that hasn't flown yet.
$32.00
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana · 29.5124° N, 92.4318° W
The rockets arecoming to themarsh.
SpaceX is building a $100 billion spaceport on 125,000 acres of Vermilion Parish coast. We make the merch, and we cover what happens next — from the people who actually live down the road from it.
StatusPermitting & environmental review · Vermilion ParishFirst launch targeted2029
The numbers
What was actually announced.
On August 25, 2026, Governor Jeff Landry and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell stood up in an event hall in Abbeville and made it official. Here is the deal as stated.
- $100BAnnounced investmentLargest capital commitment in Louisiana history
- 125,000Acres of coastal marshSite area near Pecan Island
- 10Launch pads at full buildFive complexes, two pads each
- 3,000Direct jobs over 10 yearsAveraging $92,600 a year
- 8,100Indirect jobsContractors, vendors, and suppliers
- $825M+Local tax payments$20M upfront, then $25M/yr for 25 years
The goods
Wear it before it exists.
Screenprinted heavy, drawn by hand, printed in Louisiana. Mission patches for a mission that has not flown, and one very good pun.
Who we are
We are not SpaceX. We are the neighbors.
Cajun Rocket Co is an independent shop out of Vermilion Parish. When the announcement landed, every national outlet flew in, filed a story about billionaires and marsh, and flew back out.
We are still here. So we started writing it down ourselves — permitting filings, road work, hiring notices, what the shrimpers are saying, what the parish council actually voted on — and putting the good parts on a t-shirt.
Two things at once: a merch company that funds the reporting, and reporting that gives the merch a reason to exist.
Latest dispatches
What is happening down there.
A Coast That's Already Moving
Vermilion Parish was losing ground before anyone drew a launch pad on it. Both things are true at once, and the honest version says so.
Read dispatch3,000 Jobs at $92,600: Who Actually Gets Them?
An average salary is not a distribution. A look at what these roles usually are, which ones this coast is already qualified for, and where the gap is.
Read dispatchThe Tax Deal, Line by Line
$20 million up front, $25 million a year for 25 years, and $25 million to a community foundation. What that is worth, and what it is not.
Read dispatchReading the Site: 125,000 Acres of Chenier Plain
What 'south of Pecan Island' actually is on the ground — and why the geology explains most of the engineering problem.
Read dispatch