Musk's SpaceX Prepares to Launch Starbase, Its Own Town in Texas

6 rntn 3 5/3/2025, 5:03:40 PM wsj.com ↗

Comments (3)

spacedcowboy · 2d ago
$deity, as if having your healthcare tied to your employer wasn't bad enough, having your employer also own the house you rent is .... I don't have the words to describe how bad a thing this is.
dragonwriter · 2d ago
It’s okay, someone else already found the words to describe the company town experience:

https://genius.com/Merle-travis-sixteen-tons-lyrics

Zigurd · 1d ago

  You launch 16 tons and what do you get?
  More Saudi money and you still can't refuel
  NASA don't you call me askin' 'bout a moon lander
  I sold my soul to "American Dynamism"