How Elon Musk and Spacex Changed This Corner of Texas
A portal into the future of human space travel or an irrevocable disruption to the shorebirds, ocelots and endangered sea turtles that nest in the Rio Grande delta? How people in South Texas view the sprawling, rocket-making complex that is SpaceX’s Starbase near Brownsville depends on who you ask.
Musk, the richest man in the world, has poured more than $3 billion into the ever-expanding rocket-producing venture, perched on a river delta east of Brownsville. Space travel enthusiasts have applauded his goal of one day placing a man on Mars.
