How Elon Musk ‘colonised’ a corner of Texas to build his own space city | Anywhere but Washington

The world’s richest person has placed his mission to Mars in a low-income county near the US-Mexico border. As a small cluster of voters connected to SpaceX decide to incorporate their own ‘Starbase city', Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone meet environmental opponents, space enthusiasts and residents who decry the gentrification Musk's expansion has brought. 00:00 – The "Meme Lord" 00:17 – Elon Musk's mission to mars 01:12 – Meeting SpaceX streamers 02:22 – Heading into Brownsville to meet Bekah Hinojosa 04:34 – The Rocket Ranch 07:09 – Entering Starbase 08:53 – Protestors brave the rain 10:13 – The vote 11:46 – The count