Elon Musk announced a $30 million donation on Twitter to the areas around the Boca Chica SpaceX launch site. $20 million will go to Cameron County schools, and $10 million will go to Brownsville. Brownsville has to use the money for downtown revitalization as per the tweet.
Am donating $20M to Cameron County schools & $10M to City of Brownsville for downtown revitalization. Details to follow next week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2021
Further to these donations, Musk has invested in the community around Boca Chica.
Musk hopes to partner with Magic Valley Energy to increase solar power output from 1MW to 10MWs. Tesla will use their battery packs to provide 24/7 power to the community.
In addition, Musk wants to incorporate the village of Boca Chica and the Starship production complex to create Starbase, Texas. The incorporated town would be powered by solar power and provide Musk’s production facility much needed municipal services.
Agreed! We’re not super far, as Magic Valley Utility can give us almost all wind-power, which will be used for LOX (78% of propellant mass)/N2/argon distillation. We’re also aiming to increase solar power from 1MW to 10MW, paired with Tesla Megapacks, for continuous power.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2021
Thinking ahead, Musk even noted he might install a Boring loop between Starbase-South Padre Island and the Brownsville International Airport.
Agreed! We’re not super far, as Magic Valley Utility can give us almost all wind-power, which will be used for LOX (78% of propellant mass)/N2/argon distillation. We’re also aiming to increase solar power from 1MW to 10MW, paired with Tesla Megapacks, for continuous power.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2021
Things are moving in southern Texas, and we cannot wait to see what comes next!
