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SpaceX's Texas invasion puts Boca Chica, McGregor on the map - Fox Business
May 27, 2020 1 min, 28 secs
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Live coverage of the NASA SpaceX launch at 4:30 p.m.

The Elon Musk company has a Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas, and a Space Launch Facility in a fixed-income retirement neighborhood by the beach called Boca Chica in Brownsville, Texas.

Satellite imagery shows about 35 houses in Brownsville's Boca Chica neighborhood, according to an October report from The Los Angeles Times.

But SpaceX's move into Boca Chica has also been rocky for some residents, who have complained of construction noise, notices of early-morning rocket launches and closures of the local beach, according to Texas author Rachel Monroe.

Pointer, who sold her home just outside Boca Chica to SpaceX in 2019, told FOX Business that there are only seven people left who haven't moved.

"People don't understand how clean and beautiful and pristine Boca Chica was," Pointer said.

"When SpaceX first identified Cameron County as a potential spaceport location, we did not anticipate that local residents would experience significant disruption from our presence," SpaceX wrote in a note to residents, according to The Atlantic.

She blames Cameron County officials for not seeking the input of residents before SpaceX moved in.

Residents in the town have fewer complaints about the engine-testing facility than residents in Boca Chica have with the launch site.

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