Elon Musk’s open call: Move to Texas and work for me – Fox Business

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SpaceXCEO Elon Muskhas extended an open invitation to his followers and anyone else interested inmovingto Texas andcoming to work for the aerospace company.

"Please consider moving to Starbase or greater Brownsville/South Padre area in Texas & encourage friends to do so!," Musk tweeted on Tuesday."SpaceXs hiring needs for engineers, technicians, builders & essential support personnel of all kinds are growing rapidly."

SpaceX currently has over 100 temporary and full-time job openings on its website located in Brownsville, Texas.

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Earlier this month, Musk expressed interest in incorporating Boca Chica Village,home of SpaceX's launch facility, into acity calledStarbase.

Under Texas law, the incorporationprocess is handled by the Cameron County Commissioners Court. Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. saidthe court was "informed of SpaceX's endeavor" on March 2.

"If SpaceX and Elon Musk would like to pursue down this path, they must abide by all state incorporation statutes," Trevino said in astatement. "Cameron County will process any appropriate petitions in conformity with applicable law."

Musk said on Tuesday thatStarbase is expected togrow by several thousand people over the next two years.

Musk also plans to donate$20 millionto Cameron County schools and another $10 million to Brownsville for a "downtown revitalization."Specific details related to that donation will be revealed next week.

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In addition, Musk is makinghiring investments in the city of Austin, Texas.

SpaceX revealed in a job posting earlier this monththat it is breaking ground on astate-of-the-art manufacturing plantin Austin.According to the posting, the candidatewillhelp produce equipement forStarlink, SpaceX'sglobal high-speed internet service made up of a constellation of satellites, andmust agree to up to 25% travel to SpaceX's Los Angeles-area headquarters until the Austin facility is "fully established."

Meanwhile, Musk's Boring Companyposted several job openings in Austin in November, hinting that one of the company's tunnel systems could be comingto the city.Musk also announced construction plans in July for a second Tesla factory in Austin, which could potentially bring in hundreds of jobs.

Musksetdown his own roots in Texaslast year,after growing increasingly frustrated with California's COVID-19 restrictions. He alsomoved his private foundation, according to a December filing with the Texas secretary of state.

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SpaceX is currently developing Starship, a rocket that will transport humans to Mars and the Moon.Musk said in December that heremained highly confidentthat SpaceXwill land humans on the red planet by 2026.

Other SpaceX projects in the works include theCrew-2missionto the International Space Station, which will lift off fromLaunch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlierthan April 20, Inspiration4,theworld's first 'all-civilian mission to orbit Earth', which is set to take offas early as the fourth quarter of 2021, and dearMoon,the first-everprivate commercial space trip to the Moonscheduled for 2023.

In addition, SpaceX has struck space tourism partnerships withSpace Adventuresin 2021andAxiom Space in2022.

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