MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Although SpaceX is proposing swapping the public land for 477 acres, it has not yet purchased that property.
The deal started in 2019 as a conversation between the state and SpaceX.
But it was finally worked out in 2023, said David Yoskowitz, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's executive director.
We the voters of Texas have given you money to purchase valuable land," Reed said, referring to the state's Centennial Parks Conservation Fund.
Persons:
” Jeffery D, Hildebrand, Greg Abbott, David Yoskowitz, Cyrus Reed, Reed, Kathryn Lueders, ”
Organizations:
SpaceX, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Boca, Gov, Texas Parks, Wildlife Department's, Democratic, Texas General Land, Lone Star, Sierra Club, Parks Conservation Fund, Texas, NASA, “, Texans, Wildlife
Locations:
MCALLEN , Texas, Texas, U.S, Mexico, Boca Chica, Brownsville , Texas, Austin, Florida
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