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Business Insider<\/em> spotted an, uh, intriguing<\/em> job listing<\/a> on SpaceX’s careers: a project coordinator for a “SpaceX Village” situated next to the company’s Boca Chica launch site for its colossal, in-development Starship rocket.<\/p> The puzzling, since-removed listing advertised amenities including volleyball tournaments, rock climbing, kayaking, and a “spaceport lounge (restaurant and bar).”<\/p> Gotta ask: what<\/em> are you doing Elon<\/em>? It’s not clear, per BI<\/em>, whether the purpose of the village is to house SpaceX employees in posh environs or to create a tourist attraction as a parallel revenue stream for the launch site.<\/p> Further complicating things, BI<\/em> also reports that SpaceX is attempting to snap up land for the village from an existing retirement community on the site — a process that’s become acrimonious.<\/p> SpaceX has already bought out about half the residents, though others reportedly don’t plan to move and have secured a law firm to help fight SpaceX’s incursions.<\/p> One resident told BI <\/em>that she found the job listing “shocking” and “saddening,” and described a community meeting at which Musk personally tried to convince residents to leave the area.<\/p> “Elon was three feet from me, and he looked right down at me and he said, ‘You won’t want to live here, it’ll be inhospitable,'” she told BI<\/em>.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Elon Musk’s rocket company to build a ‘SpaceX Village in Boca Chica<\/a> [Business Insider<\/em>]<\/p> More on Elon Musk: <\/strong>Elon Musk Disses Bill Gates<\/a><\/p> The post What in Tarnation Is This “SpaceX Village” by the Starship Launch Site<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> The rest is here: SpaceX Village Business Insider spotted an, uh, intriguing job listing on SpaceX\u2019s careers: a project coordinator for a \u201cSpaceX Village\u201d situated next to the company\u2019s Boca Chica launch site for its colossal, in-development Starship rocket. The puzzling, since-removed listing advertised amenities including volleyball tournaments, rock climbing, kayaking, and a \u201cspaceport lounge (restaurant and bar).\u201d Theme Park Gotta ask: what are you doing Elon ? It\u2019s not clear, per BI , whether the purpose of the village is to house SpaceX employees in posh environs or to create a tourist attraction as a parallel revenue stream for the launch site. Continue reading Theme Park<\/h2>
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