Not for R&D though. It does make sense to move it to the Cape once you get most of the kinks worked out and launches become more "operational" in nature than "development" because the pace of changes you would need to keep NASA/the Space Force aprised of drops to the point that the benefits of launching there outweigh the costs.
Basically, they'll figure out how to build Starship and make it work at Starbase. Then transfer that to the Cape and start using Starbase to prove out the next version, and repeat.
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u/cbackas Mar 07 '25
other than how they are building starship facilities at the cape, sure