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September 23, 2014

SpaceX breaks ground on Texas rocket launch site

  • CEO Elon Musk said the $100M project is the next step in his long-term goal of helping people move to Mars.
    • By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
    Associated Press

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The commercial rocket launches that could begin as early as 2016 in the southernmost tip of Texas will be a critical step toward one day establishing a human presence on Mars, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said Monday.

    With waves from the Gulf of Mexico crashing just over the dunes and crabs skittering around a tent erected for the groundbreaking, Musk said he expects SpaceX to invest $100 million in the world's first commercial orbital spaceport during the next three to four years.


     
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