
STARBASE WATCH
A Worker Died. The Launch Held.
A SpaceX employee died at Starbase on May 19. An OSHA investigation opened. Forty-eight hours later, Starship launched on schedule.
The New Texan staff · May 20
Recurring Feature
Musk has more Texas footprint than any one publication can keep up with — Tesla HQ in Austin, SpaceX in Starbase, X corporate, the Boring Company, Neuralink, xAI, the relationships with Abbott and Cruz. We track behavior and contradictions, not ideology.