Lovers and haters are erecting monuments for their favorite tech billionaire, Elon Musk.
Just north of the US-Mexico Border, near Brownsville, Texas, sits Starbase, SpaceX’s massive rocket launch and development site. In 2025, the surrounding area became incorporated as the City of Starbase, with a population of more than 500 residents, though thousands of people work at the complex.
Recently, Starbase has turned into a locus of monuments tied to Musk and the achievements — or excesses, depending on your point of view — of his companies.
A French foundry group, Atelier Missor, shared photos on X last week, showing its progress in erecting a…
