WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:11.470 --> 00:00:13.865 -Places like this don't exist... 4 00:00:13.889 --> 00:00:16.868 The proximity to the beach, the wildlife refuge. 5 00:00:16.892 --> 00:00:19.787 -Boca Chica did not change for a lot of years 6 00:00:19.811 --> 00:00:21.623 until SpaceX came in, 7 00:00:21.647 --> 00:00:24.083 and then it's changed drastically. 8 00:00:24.107 --> 00:00:25.835 -Our first thoughts were, 9 00:00:25.859 --> 00:00:27.420 what's going to happen to us? 10 00:00:27.444 --> 00:00:30.590 I'm guessing that Elon Musk makes the big decisions. 11 00:00:30.614 --> 00:00:34.093 -The people that are fans see him as a visionary, 12 00:00:34.117 --> 00:00:35.553 and there's truth to that. 13 00:00:35.577 --> 00:00:38.431 I see him as a ruthless businessman. 14 00:00:38.455 --> 00:00:41.517 line:5% -Musk sold his first computer program at the age of 12, 15 00:00:41.541 --> 00:00:43.686 line:5% and he hasn't stopped selling since. 16 00:00:43.710 --> 00:00:47.857 line:5% -Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set for an electrifying payday. 17 00:00:47.881 --> 00:00:50.151 line:5% -His other high profile company, SpaceX. 18 00:00:50.175 --> 00:00:53.905 line:5% -While some say colonizing other planets is a pipe dream, 19 00:00:53.929 --> 00:00:56.908 the SpaceX CEO has a very different outlook. 20 00:00:56.932 --> 00:00:59.452 -Who's got our back? No one. 21 00:00:59.476 --> 00:01:01.621 All the politicians, they love SpaceX. 22 00:01:01.645 --> 00:01:03.373 It means money in their pockets. 23 00:01:03.397 --> 00:01:06.542 -It feels like sort of total domination of the area. 24 00:01:06.566 --> 00:01:08.378 I mean, like this is happening. 25 00:01:08.402 --> 00:01:12.340 When you have a corporation telling you, 26 00:01:12.364 --> 00:01:14.926 "Accept the offer or else," 27 00:01:14.950 --> 00:01:17.178 it was definitely a threat. 28 00:01:17.202 --> 00:01:19.180 -"This is the offer, you take it." 29 00:01:19.204 --> 00:01:20.807 -There's a few people here 30 00:01:20.831 --> 00:01:22.892 that probably would rather die than sell. 31 00:01:22.916 --> 00:01:26.312 -There are a few still out there that don't want to leave. 32 00:01:26.336 --> 00:01:30.733 I would sure encourage these people to truly consider, 33 00:01:30.757 --> 00:01:32.235 "Is this worth it?" 34 00:01:32.259 --> 00:01:36.680 -We knew that we were totally screwed. 35 00:01:39.808 --> 00:01:46.582 line:5% ♪♪ 36 00:01:46.606 --> 00:01:53.423 line:5% ♪♪ 37 00:01:53.447 --> 00:02:00.221 line:5% ♪♪ 38 00:02:00.245 --> 00:02:07.020 line:5% ♪♪ 39 00:02:07.044 --> 00:02:13.860 line:5% ♪♪ 40 00:02:13.884 --> 00:02:20.658 line:5% ♪♪ 41 00:02:20.682 --> 00:02:23.578 -I was aware of Elon Musk, and I'd seen him on 60 Minutes, 42 00:02:23.602 --> 00:02:25.830 and he seemed sort of interesting. 43 00:02:25.854 --> 00:02:27.248 line:5% And then next thing you know, 44 00:02:27.272 --> 00:02:28.958 line:5% he wants to come to Boca Chica, 45 00:02:28.982 --> 00:02:31.919 line:5% and I'm like... like... like, there's got to be some... 46 00:02:31.943 --> 00:02:33.463 Are you kidding me? 47 00:02:33.487 --> 00:02:35.590 I mean, this is just a tiny little neighborhood 48 00:02:35.614 --> 00:02:38.801 in the middle of a national wildlife refuge. 49 00:02:38.825 --> 00:02:42.972 line:5% ♪♪ 50 00:02:42.996 --> 00:02:45.099 I just went bananas. It's, like, I was, you know, 51 00:02:45.123 --> 00:02:48.436 getting in touch with whatever environmental groups I could 52 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:50.772 about, you know, everything that I could think of. 53 00:02:50.796 --> 00:02:54.025 I mean, birding and stargazing and, you know, who knows what. 54 00:02:54.049 --> 00:02:56.235 And I just kept hoping something would happen 55 00:02:56.259 --> 00:02:58.237 to keep this from going forward. 56 00:02:58.261 --> 00:03:01.157 But I guess they'd been working on the relationships 57 00:03:01.181 --> 00:03:04.952 with the politicians back in 2011. 58 00:03:04.976 --> 00:03:08.122 line:5% ♪♪ 59 00:03:08.146 --> 00:03:10.875 -I used to head up the economic development division 60 00:03:10.899 --> 00:03:12.210 here in Brownsville, Texas. 61 00:03:12.234 --> 00:03:15.380 line:5% It's a group that back in its day 62 00:03:15.404 --> 00:03:17.423 line:5% used to recruit the companies into town. 63 00:03:17.447 --> 00:03:19.050 By far, the most exciting project 64 00:03:19.074 --> 00:03:21.969 that I had personally worked on was SpaceX. 65 00:03:21.993 --> 00:03:25.181 The initial communication with the company 66 00:03:25.205 --> 00:03:26.808 was almost 10 years ago. 67 00:03:26.832 --> 00:03:29.394 And I remember that because I was at a parking lot 68 00:03:29.418 --> 00:03:32.897 of a Chuck E. Cheese for one of my son's birthdays. 69 00:03:32.921 --> 00:03:34.607 And, you know, I got... I got the phone call 70 00:03:34.631 --> 00:03:39.153 from then Governor Rick Perry's Chief of Staff. 71 00:03:39.177 --> 00:03:41.948 Two weeks later, we were already meeting with Elon Musk. 72 00:03:41.972 --> 00:03:45.868 And, you know, he starts talking about interplanetary travel 73 00:03:45.892 --> 00:03:47.703 and what have you, and he kind of paused 74 00:03:47.727 --> 00:03:49.789 and, you know, put his hand on his chin 75 00:03:49.813 --> 00:03:53.418 and he asked, you know, "Do you know why I'm doing this?" 76 00:03:53.442 --> 00:03:56.003 And then he proceeds to say, 77 00:03:56.027 --> 00:04:00.925 "Humanity can no longer sustain itself on this planet. 78 00:04:00.949 --> 00:04:03.344 I'm going to be part of the solution 79 00:04:03.368 --> 00:04:07.849 and help and save humanity by colonizing Mars." 80 00:04:07.873 --> 00:04:10.935 And we're there like... 81 00:04:10.959 --> 00:04:13.229 "Right, this was a nice trip. 82 00:04:13.253 --> 00:04:16.858 I'm going to get fired. 83 00:04:16.882 --> 00:04:20.194 "How am I going to come back to Brownsville, Texas, 84 00:04:20.218 --> 00:04:23.531 one of the poorest communities in the nation, 85 00:04:23.555 --> 00:04:28.453 communicate that we should use our hard-earned tax dollars 86 00:04:28.477 --> 00:04:30.288 to incentivize a company 87 00:04:30.312 --> 00:04:32.999 and have them come in, build rockets 88 00:04:33.023 --> 00:04:34.584 and launch them into space. 89 00:04:34.608 --> 00:04:38.129 And then we met with County Judge Carlos Cascos. 90 00:04:38.153 --> 00:04:40.631 And at first he was kind of like, "Really? 91 00:04:40.655 --> 00:04:42.341 This is a project that you have?" 92 00:04:42.365 --> 00:04:45.887 But then he started looking at the economics behind it. 93 00:04:45.911 --> 00:04:49.515 line:5% We were in competition with several other good communities. 94 00:04:49.539 --> 00:04:51.517 line:5% Puerto Rico was one, of course. 95 00:04:51.541 --> 00:04:53.561 I think Alabama was another one. 96 00:04:53.585 --> 00:04:56.439 I believe Florida was another one. 97 00:04:56.463 --> 00:04:59.108 Our incentives were, we're below 98 00:04:59.132 --> 00:05:02.361 what other areas were were offering. 99 00:05:02.385 --> 00:05:06.657 But I believe that Elon Musk saw this area as an opportunity. 100 00:05:06.681 --> 00:05:08.868 line:5% -The path of the rocket needs to be one 101 00:05:08.892 --> 00:05:11.871 line:5% that is safe for the people below it. 102 00:05:11.895 --> 00:05:14.415 line:5% And you also want to launch eastward 103 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.125 line:5% with the Earth's rotation. 104 00:05:16.149 --> 00:05:19.504 Because when no rocket is launched off of a coast, 105 00:05:19.528 --> 00:05:22.840 it has to get launched over a large body of water. 106 00:05:22.864 --> 00:05:25.301 In case of some catastrophic event, 107 00:05:25.325 --> 00:05:27.136 it just falls into the water. 108 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.514 So there's times when that area 109 00:05:29.538 --> 00:05:34.352 will have to be shut down for rocket operations. 110 00:05:34.376 --> 00:05:36.854 -Mr. Oliveira, who is a state representative, 111 00:05:36.878 --> 00:05:40.149 introduced legislation to give counties the authority 112 00:05:40.173 --> 00:05:43.819 to specifically close Highway 4 to Boca Chica Beach 113 00:05:43.843 --> 00:05:46.197 for SpaceX launches. 114 00:05:46.221 --> 00:05:51.911 -Some high-level staff members from SpaceX approached me 115 00:05:51.935 --> 00:05:54.163 and asked for my support. 116 00:05:54.187 --> 00:05:57.041 line:5% And of course, the more I heard about it, 117 00:05:57.065 --> 00:05:59.168 line:5% the more excited I got about it. 118 00:05:59.192 --> 00:06:01.879 Immediately he was going to create 600 jobs 119 00:06:01.903 --> 00:06:05.716 with an average salary of $55,000 a year. 120 00:06:05.740 --> 00:06:09.554 That may not seem like a lot of money in some areas, 121 00:06:09.578 --> 00:06:13.558 but when you're one of the poorest counties in the nation, 122 00:06:13.582 --> 00:06:15.643 it does mean a lot. 123 00:06:15.667 --> 00:06:18.396 -The biggest problem under Texas law 124 00:06:18.420 --> 00:06:21.357 is all Texas beaches are open beaches. 125 00:06:21.381 --> 00:06:23.442 They normally cannot be closed. 126 00:06:23.466 --> 00:06:25.903 SpaceX justifiably required 127 00:06:25.927 --> 00:06:30.950 that the beach be closed about 12 hours before the launch 128 00:06:30.974 --> 00:06:34.287 and then 12 hours after the launch. 129 00:06:34.311 --> 00:06:38.583 And that had only been done one time in the history of Texas, 130 00:06:38.607 --> 00:06:41.002 and it was for a Brad Pitt movie, 131 00:06:41.026 --> 00:06:42.962 and it was done in Galveston. 132 00:06:42.986 --> 00:06:45.047 It was done illegally in Galveston 133 00:06:45.071 --> 00:06:46.882 because they violated the law. 134 00:06:46.906 --> 00:06:49.927 They just... Nobody bothered to enforce it. 135 00:06:49.951 --> 00:06:53.097 I got to know Elon Musk very well. 136 00:06:53.121 --> 00:06:56.309 We had to go before the House Appropriations Committee 137 00:06:56.333 --> 00:06:58.251 to get some tentative funding. 138 00:07:00.462 --> 00:07:01.897 line:5% -We're talking about something 139 00:07:01.921 --> 00:07:03.649 line:5% that's that's really the big leagues here. 140 00:07:03.673 --> 00:07:05.192 line:5% This would be kind of 141 00:07:05.216 --> 00:07:08.237 line:5% a commercial version of Cape Canaveral, 142 00:07:08.261 --> 00:07:11.365 line:5% so it would be an historical first in the world. 143 00:07:11.389 --> 00:07:15.119 line:5% It would be of very great significance, 144 00:07:15.143 --> 00:07:20.583 line:5% both to the local economy, as well as to the world, really. 145 00:07:20.607 --> 00:07:24.003 line:5% -That room was very impressed and receptive 146 00:07:24.027 --> 00:07:25.713 with his vision. 147 00:07:25.737 --> 00:07:28.007 -Brownsville officials say they're one step closer 148 00:07:28.031 --> 00:07:30.551 to getting SpaceX to build a launch site in the Valley. 149 00:07:30.575 --> 00:07:33.179 They say support from State Rep. René Oliveira, 150 00:07:33.203 --> 00:07:35.514 who filed a bill yesterday supporting the project, 151 00:07:35.538 --> 00:07:36.932 will go a long way. 152 00:07:36.956 --> 00:07:39.852 -After a lot of negotiations, 153 00:07:39.876 --> 00:07:42.563 a lot of hard work, a lot of give and take, 154 00:07:42.587 --> 00:07:44.732 we finally signed it 155 00:07:44.756 --> 00:07:48.152 and approved by the commission on a 4-1 vote... 156 00:07:48.176 --> 00:07:49.945 -That would allow the temporary closure 157 00:07:49.969 --> 00:07:51.822 of Boca Chica Beach for the launches. 158 00:07:51.846 --> 00:07:55.076 And Brownsville officials say this sends a message to SpaceX 159 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:57.453 that they are wanted here in Cameron County. 160 00:07:57.477 --> 00:07:59.664 -It brought joy to my heart. 161 00:07:59.688 --> 00:08:02.333 I said, "This is going to happen. 162 00:08:02.357 --> 00:08:04.335 This isn't a dream anymore. 163 00:08:04.359 --> 00:08:09.632 It's not a childhood fantasy about space travel. 164 00:08:09.656 --> 00:08:11.467 It is real." 165 00:08:11.491 --> 00:08:14.720 -A rebirth of sorts in industry for the city of Brownsville 166 00:08:14.744 --> 00:08:17.139 as they win the bid to house SpaceX 167 00:08:17.163 --> 00:08:19.433 and bring hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars 168 00:08:19.457 --> 00:08:22.019 in salaries right here to Valley. 169 00:08:22.043 --> 00:08:23.771 -Everybody that wanted to be somebody 170 00:08:23.795 --> 00:08:24.855 was was at the groundbreaking. 171 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:26.774 Governor Perry came down, 172 00:08:26.798 --> 00:08:29.735 Elon Musk and other other dignitaries. 173 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.279 The mood was electric. 174 00:08:32.303 --> 00:08:35.616 It was one of the biggest economic opportunities 175 00:08:35.640 --> 00:08:38.327 that the area had ever seen. 176 00:08:38.351 --> 00:08:40.663 And it put us on the map. 177 00:08:40.687 --> 00:08:42.289 -Long-term goal is to create 178 00:08:42.313 --> 00:08:46.460 the technology necessary to establish a base on Mars. 179 00:08:46.484 --> 00:08:48.879 So it could very well be that the first person 180 00:08:48.903 --> 00:08:53.718 {\an1}that departs for another planet could depart from this location. 181 00:08:53.742 --> 00:08:56.679 [ Applause ] 182 00:08:56.703 --> 00:08:59.014 -I still get goose bumps just, you know, 183 00:08:59.038 --> 00:09:00.683 thinking about when he said that. 184 00:09:00.707 --> 00:09:03.018 And I'm like... 185 00:09:03.042 --> 00:09:05.044 "I keep my job, right?" 186 00:09:06.379 --> 00:09:08.733 -The Boca Chica Beach area, 187 00:09:08.757 --> 00:09:10.484 a lot of it is owned by the state, 188 00:09:10.508 --> 00:09:13.028 Texas Parks and Wildlife, and then you have pockets 189 00:09:13.052 --> 00:09:17.241 here and there where it's owned by private parties. 190 00:09:17.265 --> 00:09:19.034 That's how you ended up with that little subdivision 191 00:09:19.058 --> 00:09:21.912 out there, the Boca Chica village. 192 00:09:21.936 --> 00:09:24.999 line:5% ♪♪ 193 00:09:25.023 --> 00:09:27.001 I remember driving in, 194 00:09:27.025 --> 00:09:31.589 and it was it was a little eerie because it was abandoned 195 00:09:31.613 --> 00:09:35.968 and there was just a handful of families living out there. 196 00:09:35.992 --> 00:09:38.220 -The few people that live out there, 197 00:09:38.244 --> 00:09:42.016 you have no wastewater, no freshwater. 198 00:09:42.040 --> 00:09:47.730 It's got to be, at least by modern standards, a hard life. 199 00:09:47.754 --> 00:09:49.106 -A lot of these folks are retirees. 200 00:09:49.130 --> 00:09:50.858 They've been there for decades. 201 00:09:50.882 --> 00:09:53.027 I can tell you that when I was there, 202 00:09:53.051 --> 00:09:54.779 there was no discussion 203 00:09:54.803 --> 00:09:57.764 regarding what are we going to do about this community. 204 00:10:03.436 --> 00:10:04.663 -Come here. 205 00:10:04.687 --> 00:10:05.998 No! Come here. 206 00:10:06.022 --> 00:10:08.417 line:5% ♪♪ 207 00:10:08.441 --> 00:10:10.711 So the house was built in 65. 208 00:10:10.735 --> 00:10:13.130 line:5% My mother-in-law and father-in-law 209 00:10:13.154 --> 00:10:16.759 line:5% originally bought it, and it's been in the family 210 00:10:16.783 --> 00:10:18.886 line:5% for at least 40 years. 211 00:10:18.910 --> 00:10:21.597 line:5% ♪♪ 212 00:10:21.621 --> 00:10:24.725 And this is where we get our water... 213 00:10:24.749 --> 00:10:27.144 A big old water tank. 214 00:10:27.168 --> 00:10:30.839 And they come about once a month and fill the tanks. 215 00:10:32.757 --> 00:10:34.735 [ Barking ] 216 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:36.278 All right. 217 00:10:36.302 --> 00:10:39.323 Puppy is my watchdog. 218 00:10:39.347 --> 00:10:44.119 I'm a high-school secretary at a small town in Iowa. 219 00:10:44.143 --> 00:10:46.705 I prefer to come in the summer, which is when I can come 220 00:10:46.729 --> 00:10:49.208 because I work at a school so we have the summer off. 221 00:10:49.232 --> 00:10:52.294 My husband is a farmer and he likes to fish. 222 00:10:52.318 --> 00:10:55.589 So being close to the beach, that's a plus. 223 00:10:55.613 --> 00:10:57.174 I just like to sit on the beach. 224 00:10:57.198 --> 00:11:00.553 So that's my draw... To sit and enjoy the waves 225 00:11:00.577 --> 00:11:03.264 and the sand between your toes. 226 00:11:03.288 --> 00:11:04.974 line:5% ♪♪ 227 00:11:04.998 --> 00:11:07.643 I don't know. For us, this little bit of nothing here 228 00:11:07.667 --> 00:11:10.104 is probably the only vacation home we'll ever have. 229 00:11:10.128 --> 00:11:13.732 So eventually it'll be retirement, you know, 230 00:11:13.756 --> 00:11:17.194 but... I know it's not much, but. 231 00:11:17.218 --> 00:11:22.408 line:5% ♪♪ 232 00:11:22.432 --> 00:11:26.120 line:5% ♪♪ 233 00:11:26.144 --> 00:11:28.330 line:5% -Oh! 234 00:11:28.354 --> 00:11:32.167 line:5% Yeah, I've been here in Boca Chica Beach 235 00:11:32.191 --> 00:11:33.711 line:5% since 1982. 236 00:11:33.735 --> 00:11:36.505 line:5% It's almost 30 years now, 237 00:11:36.529 --> 00:11:40.259 This has been a part of my life, my whole life, actually, 238 00:11:40.283 --> 00:11:42.052 because when we were little, 239 00:11:42.076 --> 00:11:45.973 my parents used to bring us here to the beach. 240 00:11:45.997 --> 00:11:50.519 I bought two houses here because I have two sons. 241 00:11:50.543 --> 00:11:53.063 So I figure that when I die, 242 00:11:53.087 --> 00:11:55.232 one of my sons can have a house each, 243 00:11:55.256 --> 00:11:58.652 and then they would always keep their roots here. 244 00:11:58.676 --> 00:12:01.739 Here I am surrounded by water. 245 00:12:01.763 --> 00:12:06.076 There's a bird sanctuary here. We see tons of birds. 246 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:10.289 Like one time, there was like 200 or 300 blue buntings. 247 00:12:10.313 --> 00:12:12.207 They're iridescent blue. 248 00:12:12.231 --> 00:12:15.252 And then they all came and landed on a tree 249 00:12:15.276 --> 00:12:17.087 and it looked like a Christmas tree 250 00:12:17.111 --> 00:12:18.923 decorated with blue buntings. 251 00:12:18.947 --> 00:12:20.424 It's a wildlife refuge. 252 00:12:20.448 --> 00:12:23.677 There is no... no other place like this. 253 00:12:23.701 --> 00:12:30.684 line:5% ♪♪ 254 00:12:30.708 --> 00:12:37.691 line:5% ♪♪ 255 00:12:37.715 --> 00:12:41.570 line:5% -So this is probably the most undeveloped beach in Texas. 256 00:12:41.594 --> 00:12:44.031 The only thing you see here are occasional garbage cans. 257 00:12:44.055 --> 00:12:46.075 There's no bathroom, there's no store, 258 00:12:46.099 --> 00:12:48.994 there's no... no nothing. 259 00:12:49.018 --> 00:12:50.663 There are several species of terns, 260 00:12:50.687 --> 00:12:52.831 several species of plovers. 261 00:12:52.855 --> 00:12:56.877 In the wetland areas, you'll have curlews, dowagers 262 00:12:56.901 --> 00:12:59.338 and all kinds of shorebirds. 263 00:12:59.362 --> 00:13:01.507 Of course, you get brown pelicans 264 00:13:01.531 --> 00:13:04.760 coming over us right now. 265 00:13:04.784 --> 00:13:08.597 line:5% ♪♪ 266 00:13:08.621 --> 00:13:12.977 line:5% ♪♪ 267 00:13:13.001 --> 00:13:14.561 Most of the public and the politicians 268 00:13:14.585 --> 00:13:17.231 are so enamored by the space program 269 00:13:17.255 --> 00:13:19.066 that they probably think it's great. 270 00:13:19.090 --> 00:13:22.778 And even Elon Musk said it's not a problem if things blow off. 271 00:13:22.802 --> 00:13:24.822 There's nothing... There's nothing out here. 272 00:13:24.846 --> 00:13:27.992 There is a lot out here. But it's... it's subtle. 273 00:13:28.016 --> 00:13:30.160 It's not in plain sight. 274 00:13:30.184 --> 00:13:33.163 It has none of the majesty of, you know, 275 00:13:33.187 --> 00:13:38.210 the Redwoods or Yosemite or the Grand Tetons. 276 00:13:38.234 --> 00:13:40.170 But it has more plant and animal species 277 00:13:40.194 --> 00:13:42.047 than any of those by far. 278 00:13:42.071 --> 00:13:44.341 It's not even close. 279 00:13:44.365 --> 00:13:50.931 line:5% ♪♪ 280 00:13:50.955 --> 00:13:57.521 line:5% ♪♪ 281 00:13:57.545 --> 00:13:58.939 line:5% ♪♪ 282 00:13:58.963 --> 00:14:01.382 [ Trash clunks ] 283 00:14:02.717 --> 00:14:06.405 line:5% ♪♪ 284 00:14:06.429 --> 00:14:10.659 line:5% ♪♪ 285 00:14:10.683 --> 00:14:14.204 line:5% -I have a Facebook page, "SpaceX Boca Chica," 286 00:14:14.228 --> 00:14:19.585 line:5% that is a documentation for the progress of SpaceX. 287 00:14:19.609 --> 00:14:25.591 line:5% ♪♪ 288 00:14:25.615 --> 00:14:29.553 Before SpaceX got here, there was no traffic 289 00:14:29.577 --> 00:14:32.890 except for local fishermen. 290 00:14:32.914 --> 00:14:35.017 line:5% There was more bird life, 291 00:14:35.041 --> 00:14:37.436 line:5% more pilots walking around. 292 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:41.440 line:5% I was a sunrise photographer. 293 00:14:41.464 --> 00:14:46.445 line:5% It's all about getting right out of bed and down to the beach. 294 00:14:46.469 --> 00:14:51.366 line:5% Yeah, it was... it was the funnest place I'd ever lived. 295 00:14:51.390 --> 00:14:54.411 line:5% ♪♪ 296 00:14:54.435 --> 00:14:57.081 line:5% One morning, I looked out my bedroom window 297 00:14:57.105 --> 00:14:59.792 line:5% and I said, "Wow, it's happening." 298 00:14:59.816 --> 00:15:03.253 line:5% I realized there's no stopping this. 299 00:15:03.277 --> 00:15:05.881 line:5% And once you realize there's no stopping it, 300 00:15:05.905 --> 00:15:08.717 line:5% then you make Plan B. 301 00:15:08.741 --> 00:15:11.845 And Plan B was to get the camera out. 302 00:15:11.869 --> 00:15:15.706 line:5% ♪♪ 303 00:15:20.670 --> 00:15:24.024 -September of 2019, um, 304 00:15:24.048 --> 00:15:25.818 we all got these... 305 00:15:25.842 --> 00:15:30.364 These sort of ridiculous letters saying, um, 306 00:15:30.388 --> 00:15:32.908 "Here's the appraisal that we did on your house." 307 00:15:32.932 --> 00:15:35.953 It was just what we were all calling a drive-by appraisal, 308 00:15:35.977 --> 00:15:38.622 but we're offering you a three times offer 309 00:15:38.646 --> 00:15:42.000 of that ridiculously low appraisal. 310 00:15:42.024 --> 00:15:45.045 And then you have two weeks from the date of the letter 311 00:15:45.069 --> 00:15:46.421 to decide. 312 00:15:46.445 --> 00:15:51.135 -I get this big package from FedEx, 313 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:56.682 and it's a 65-page offer to buy the house. 314 00:15:56.706 --> 00:16:00.561 So I decided, since I am retired, to read it. 315 00:16:00.585 --> 00:16:02.354 And I read it. 316 00:16:02.378 --> 00:16:06.650 And as I read along the contract, the offer, 317 00:16:06.674 --> 00:16:09.570 I kept getting more insulted about it. 318 00:16:09.594 --> 00:16:11.780 One of the things he said was that Brownsville 319 00:16:11.804 --> 00:16:14.533 had the most uneducated people. 320 00:16:14.557 --> 00:16:18.579 That insulted me because my family... 321 00:16:18.603 --> 00:16:21.373 I have teachers in the family, 322 00:16:21.397 --> 00:16:24.084 I have lawyers in the family. 323 00:16:24.108 --> 00:16:28.589 I have never, never seen such a huge stack of papers 324 00:16:28.613 --> 00:16:31.049 to make us such a small offer, 325 00:16:31.073 --> 00:16:34.303 and a threatening, bully-type offer. 326 00:16:34.327 --> 00:16:37.306 line:5% ♪♪ 327 00:16:37.330 --> 00:16:40.100 -They were willing to pay three times 328 00:16:40.124 --> 00:16:43.896 what their appraiser from the road said it was worth. 329 00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:45.814 So that gives us $150,000. 330 00:16:45.838 --> 00:16:47.774 What are you going to do with it? 331 00:16:47.798 --> 00:16:51.028 You can't go buy a house a mile and a half from the beach 332 00:16:51.052 --> 00:16:53.572 for that nowhere. 333 00:16:53.596 --> 00:16:56.700 So, of course, we rejected them. 334 00:16:56.724 --> 00:17:00.287 Got kind of a nasty voicemail from their Realtor. 335 00:17:00.311 --> 00:17:02.873 Let me see if I can find it here. 336 00:17:02.897 --> 00:17:06.192 Somewhere, somewhere in this mess it's here. 337 00:17:08.903 --> 00:17:11.882 -Hey, this is Elizabeth over at JLL. 338 00:17:11.906 --> 00:17:18.096 SpaceX is riding me because they want to have... 339 00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:21.600 all the offers in, and they said 340 00:17:21.624 --> 00:17:23.727 that if they don't hear back from people, 341 00:17:23.751 --> 00:17:26.897 they will assume that they are no longer interested. 342 00:17:26.921 --> 00:17:29.608 This worries me because that three times value 343 00:17:29.632 --> 00:17:31.443 will be off the table, 344 00:17:31.467 --> 00:17:36.073 and you won't be able to get anything close to that offer 345 00:17:36.097 --> 00:17:41.662 should the county step in and proceed with eminent domain. 346 00:17:41.686 --> 00:17:43.396 Thanks, bye. 347 00:17:48.985 --> 00:17:51.672 -You know, when you go through eminent domain, it's because 348 00:17:51.696 --> 00:17:53.131 there's a government purpose. 349 00:17:53.155 --> 00:17:55.175 I didn't believe... Still don't believe... 350 00:17:55.199 --> 00:17:56.718 It would be appropriate 351 00:17:56.742 --> 00:18:00.722 to to use eminent domain for for a private company, 352 00:18:00.746 --> 00:18:02.015 regardless of what it is. 353 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.517 I think... I don't think that that's... 354 00:18:03.541 --> 00:18:04.851 I don't think that that's right. 355 00:18:04.875 --> 00:18:08.313 -The state has the power to take property, 356 00:18:08.337 --> 00:18:10.107 but I've never wanted to invoke that, 357 00:18:10.131 --> 00:18:12.067 never thought about invoking it 358 00:18:12.091 --> 00:18:15.529 and was never asked by SpaceX to invoke it. 359 00:18:15.553 --> 00:18:20.284 So to their credit, they've accepted them as neighbors. 360 00:18:20.308 --> 00:18:22.160 Whether they can live with each other, 361 00:18:22.184 --> 00:18:24.830 we'll see as time passes. 362 00:18:24.854 --> 00:18:26.790 line:5% -An exciting announcement expected this week 363 00:18:26.814 --> 00:18:29.793 line:5% about ongoing developments for SpaceX. 364 00:18:29.817 --> 00:18:31.420 The company is planning a presentation 365 00:18:31.444 --> 00:18:33.130 on the future of its operations, 366 00:18:33.154 --> 00:18:35.215 including the future of the Starship right here 367 00:18:35.239 --> 00:18:38.969 near Boca Chica Beach tomorrow, September the 28th. 368 00:18:38.993 --> 00:18:43.223 -Elon Musk planned a big event here and invited us to go. 369 00:18:43.247 --> 00:18:45.767 And I think my curiosity got the best of me, 370 00:18:45.791 --> 00:18:48.979 and a lot of the other neighbors were going to go. 371 00:18:49.003 --> 00:18:50.605 So I decided to go. 372 00:18:50.629 --> 00:18:54.484 -They wanted the villagers to all go as a group, 373 00:18:54.508 --> 00:18:58.655 stuck us in a bus, and took us over there. 374 00:18:58.679 --> 00:19:02.159 -When we got there, they led us to this roped-off area 375 00:19:02.183 --> 00:19:04.953 that was kind of at the front to where we would be able 376 00:19:04.977 --> 00:19:06.747 to see him at the podium. 377 00:19:06.771 --> 00:19:09.541 -The critical thing that we need to focus on, I think, 378 00:19:09.565 --> 00:19:14.546 is the fastest path to a self-sustaining city on Mars. 379 00:19:14.570 --> 00:19:19.509 -We had just got it in this buyout letter just days before, 380 00:19:19.533 --> 00:19:23.930 and it had some pretty unfriendly language. 381 00:19:23.954 --> 00:19:25.390 And I think Elon wanted 382 00:19:25.414 --> 00:19:28.143 to smooth that unfriendly language down. 383 00:19:28.167 --> 00:19:33.065 He wanted to see us sell. 384 00:19:33.089 --> 00:19:35.609 -I mean, I think the actual danger to Boca Chica Village 385 00:19:35.633 --> 00:19:37.903 is low, but it's not... It's not tiny. 386 00:19:37.927 --> 00:19:40.864 So therefore, and we want super tiny risk, 387 00:19:40.888 --> 00:19:42.991 so it'd probably have a time 388 00:19:43.015 --> 00:19:46.787 it would be better to buy out the villagers, 389 00:19:46.811 --> 00:19:48.705 and we've made an offer to that effect. 390 00:19:48.729 --> 00:19:51.249 Yeah. 391 00:19:51.273 --> 00:19:55.003 -I got some great pictures, and I was ready to go home 392 00:19:55.027 --> 00:19:58.090 and they said a special visitor wants to meet you. 393 00:19:58.114 --> 00:19:59.758 -And it's like, well, of course 394 00:19:59.782 --> 00:20:01.593 we know who they're talking about. 395 00:20:01.617 --> 00:20:04.388 I mean, by the time he came, it was ridiculously late. 396 00:20:04.412 --> 00:20:06.139 I want to say it was like 11:30, 397 00:20:06.163 --> 00:20:09.601 and we were there for hours. 398 00:20:09.625 --> 00:20:12.396 So, you know, he comes in with his entourage and comes up 399 00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:14.564 and we were pretty harsh, 400 00:20:14.588 --> 00:20:17.234 you know, started asking him questions about everything 401 00:20:17.258 --> 00:20:21.071 and, you know, all about these buyouts and appraisals. 402 00:20:21.095 --> 00:20:23.615 -It was a very tense moment of number one, 403 00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:26.660 why did you leave us sitting up here when we're priority? 404 00:20:26.684 --> 00:20:29.496 Number two is what's this letter all about?! 405 00:20:29.520 --> 00:20:31.123 You know, what do you mean? 406 00:20:31.147 --> 00:20:35.252 You're going to give us three times offer or else? 407 00:20:35.276 --> 00:20:36.670 -He didn't say a whole lot. 408 00:20:36.694 --> 00:20:39.881 He did a lot of telling the woman 409 00:20:39.905 --> 00:20:42.134 that he was treating as his assistant, 410 00:20:42.158 --> 00:20:44.970 kind of like if we would say something, he'd tell, you know, 411 00:20:44.994 --> 00:20:47.681 he'd say something to her, like, "Look into that." 412 00:20:47.705 --> 00:20:49.015 They just let us talk. 413 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.600 It's not going to change anything. 414 00:20:50.624 --> 00:20:53.353 And it didn't. 415 00:20:53.377 --> 00:20:55.147 -So when I told him you all happened 416 00:20:55.171 --> 00:20:56.606 right out my bedroom window, 417 00:20:56.630 --> 00:20:59.025 that's when I started documenting on Facebook. 418 00:20:59.049 --> 00:21:00.944 And he goes, "Well, I've seen your page. 419 00:21:00.968 --> 00:21:03.363 And it's nice because I like it. 420 00:21:03.387 --> 00:21:07.117 And I was flattered. 421 00:21:07.141 --> 00:21:11.246 He got very quiet and he just barely leaned over 422 00:21:11.270 --> 00:21:16.877 towards me and said, "You don't want to live there." 423 00:21:16.901 --> 00:21:21.798 And... that's when the light bulb went off in my head. 424 00:21:21.822 --> 00:21:24.950 It wasn't a question of if, it was a question of when. 425 00:21:29.622 --> 00:21:36.104 line:5% They're getting ready to extend the boundaries 426 00:21:36.128 --> 00:21:42.319 line:5% across the field here to the new acquired properties. 427 00:21:42.343 --> 00:21:46.198 line:5% This is going to be a parking lot, I think. 428 00:21:46.222 --> 00:21:48.325 line:5% That's my guess. 429 00:21:48.349 --> 00:21:53.747 line:5% There has been tons of freight going down to the launchpad. 430 00:21:53.771 --> 00:21:56.750 line:5% There's been freight all night long on the road, 431 00:21:56.774 --> 00:22:02.631 line:5% and there's been a pile-driving over here. 432 00:22:02.655 --> 00:22:04.865 line:5% Very noisy this morning. 433 00:22:06.742 --> 00:22:10.263 line:5% Well, they're moving into the neighborhood, 434 00:22:10.287 --> 00:22:11.765 line:5% They bought the village homes, 435 00:22:11.789 --> 00:22:14.542 line:5% except for about five of them, the last I heard. 436 00:22:19.838 --> 00:22:23.527 line:5% So they're coming over to the next lot... 437 00:22:23.551 --> 00:22:26.071 line:5% and those... only one lot left 438 00:22:26.095 --> 00:22:31.409 line:5% between this property and SpaceX's, so... 439 00:22:31.433 --> 00:22:33.578 line:5% out my bedroom window, 440 00:22:33.602 --> 00:22:37.123 line:5% literally came almost to the window 441 00:22:37.147 --> 00:22:38.750 line:5% before we got moved out. 442 00:22:38.774 --> 00:22:42.462 line:5% So we lasted longer than I thought we would. 443 00:22:42.486 --> 00:22:43.713 line:5% Even though I'm moving, 444 00:22:43.737 --> 00:22:46.383 line:5% I still take care of my garden. 445 00:22:46.407 --> 00:22:49.928 line:5% And the wife of the senior engineer 446 00:22:49.952 --> 00:22:53.223 line:5% that's going to be moving in here, 447 00:22:53.247 --> 00:22:56.101 line:5% I think wanted this house especially 448 00:22:56.125 --> 00:22:59.354 line:5% because it had a landscaped, 449 00:22:59.378 --> 00:23:02.590 line:5% beautification, curbside appeal. 450 00:23:05.593 --> 00:23:08.572 line:5% They told us we should sell 451 00:23:08.596 --> 00:23:11.992 line:5% because it's not going to be recognizable in six months, 452 00:23:12.016 --> 00:23:14.869 line:5% and if you're not out of here soon, 453 00:23:14.893 --> 00:23:16.871 line:5% you're going to be sorry you're not. 454 00:23:16.895 --> 00:23:19.332 line:5% So they were right. 455 00:23:19.356 --> 00:23:21.126 line:5% So I love all you guys. 456 00:23:21.150 --> 00:23:23.670 line:5% It's been a real, real joy 457 00:23:23.694 --> 00:23:28.967 line:5% to be neighbors with SpaceX up until now 458 00:23:28.991 --> 00:23:33.638 line:5% and bringing you [voice breaking] the future. 459 00:23:33.662 --> 00:23:35.789 line:5% It's been a real joy. 460 00:23:38.250 --> 00:23:45.191 line:5% ♪♪ 461 00:23:45.215 --> 00:23:47.027 -And it was abundantly clear 462 00:23:47.051 --> 00:23:50.196 that, you know, we weren't part of this at all. 463 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:52.782 I mean, it was kind of like the old Western movies... 464 00:23:52.806 --> 00:23:55.577 {\an1}you know, what is it when, like, the Indians surround the Cowboys 465 00:23:55.601 --> 00:23:57.203 line:5% or I don't know which way it goes, 466 00:23:57.227 --> 00:23:59.956 line:5% but that's that's the way it felt. 467 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:04.336 line:5% ♪♪ 468 00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:07.839 From the get-go, it's been kind of... 469 00:24:07.863 --> 00:24:11.551 not... you know, like they don't need to tell us anything. 470 00:24:11.575 --> 00:24:14.012 You know, they establish relationships with the people 471 00:24:14.036 --> 00:24:17.474 that they needed to have in their corner. 472 00:24:17.498 --> 00:24:19.643 And, you know, 473 00:24:19.667 --> 00:24:22.062 we were just something to sort of be dealt with 474 00:24:22.086 --> 00:24:23.647 as far as I'm concerned. 475 00:24:23.671 --> 00:24:26.298 Almost like a bug you'd just shoe off somebody's arm. 476 00:24:27.383 --> 00:24:29.319 -I don't believe that Cameron County 477 00:24:29.343 --> 00:24:31.988 reached out to these folks. 478 00:24:32.012 --> 00:24:35.659 I don't know if anyone ever anticipated that SpaceX 479 00:24:35.683 --> 00:24:39.162 was going to want to acquire them. 480 00:24:39.186 --> 00:24:42.791 That was never a discussion, to my knowledge. 481 00:24:42.815 --> 00:24:46.336 So obviously, they... they weren't happy about it. 482 00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:51.675 Their Shangri-La was was being basically ruptured. 483 00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:54.344 But I think Spock said, "Watch that 484 00:24:54.368 --> 00:24:56.846 the good of the many is better 485 00:24:56.870 --> 00:25:00.392 than the good of the few," or something like that. 486 00:25:00.416 --> 00:25:04.938 -The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. 487 00:25:04.962 --> 00:25:07.023 line:5% ♪♪ 488 00:25:07.047 --> 00:25:11.069 I wish we could have made it better for them. 489 00:25:11.093 --> 00:25:14.322 But just like you couldn't stand in the way 490 00:25:14.346 --> 00:25:18.618 of train tracks coming into the West... 491 00:25:18.642 --> 00:25:21.061 you can't stop these things either. 492 00:25:27.818 --> 00:25:32.156 [ Machinery, engines whirring ] 493 00:25:35.492 --> 00:25:37.220 -This is the new home. 494 00:25:37.244 --> 00:25:41.707 This is SpaceX still in my backyard. 495 00:25:43.584 --> 00:25:48.398 That's the production complex and the launch pad 496 00:25:48.422 --> 00:25:50.090 still in the haze. 497 00:25:53.010 --> 00:25:56.138 Just couldn't move too far away yet, you know. 498 00:26:00.267 --> 00:26:01.977 Okay, let's roll. 499 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.753 Some people like to run these stop signs, 500 00:26:09.777 --> 00:26:12.213 but I kind of like them. 501 00:26:12.237 --> 00:26:15.759 Gives me a chance to say hi to everybody. 502 00:26:15.783 --> 00:26:17.761 Never lived in civilization before. 503 00:26:17.785 --> 00:26:21.431 I've always been a wilderness girl. 504 00:26:21.455 --> 00:26:24.267 Well, there's a road closure today, 505 00:26:24.291 --> 00:26:26.269 tomorrow and Wednesday, 506 00:26:26.293 --> 00:26:31.733 and I'm heading out to SpaceX's compound 507 00:26:31.757 --> 00:26:34.194 to film for my Facebook page. 508 00:26:34.218 --> 00:26:36.362 I come out here about three times a week. 509 00:26:36.386 --> 00:26:39.306 I like to get out before the road closure. 510 00:26:43.185 --> 00:26:45.187 Yes, we're in! 511 00:26:46.230 --> 00:26:50.150 This is the checkpoint and it's opened. 512 00:27:08.001 --> 00:27:12.065 I cooperated in the sale of my property, 513 00:27:12.089 --> 00:27:15.151 so they gave us benefits, perks. 514 00:27:15.175 --> 00:27:17.153 They call us influencers. 515 00:27:17.177 --> 00:27:19.531 What Elon said he wanted me to do 516 00:27:19.555 --> 00:27:22.575 was to do what I have always done, 517 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:24.452 but just do it from the street. 518 00:27:24.476 --> 00:27:29.207 So I said, you know, that's not a bad deal. 519 00:27:29.231 --> 00:27:30.941 Not a bad deal. 520 00:27:45.247 --> 00:27:49.102 This place used to be pristine. 521 00:27:49.126 --> 00:27:52.129 It was very quiet back here just yesterday. 522 00:27:56.383 --> 00:27:57.986 Oh. 523 00:27:58.010 --> 00:27:59.988 One minute. 524 00:28:00.012 --> 00:28:03.056 [ Construction equipment rumbling ] 525 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:15.753 I'm just going to film the expansion 526 00:28:15.777 --> 00:28:19.173 and make sure it gets respected. 527 00:28:19.197 --> 00:28:20.925 I'll put it in my video. Okay. 528 00:28:20.949 --> 00:28:22.760 - Thank you. - Thanks. 529 00:28:22.784 --> 00:28:25.638 You got any suggestions where I can go to the bathroom now? 530 00:28:25.662 --> 00:28:27.891 - I don't know. - I don't either. 531 00:28:27.915 --> 00:28:30.560 [ Laughs ] Thanks. 532 00:28:30.584 --> 00:28:33.420 Yeah, we got to stay on the county side. 533 00:28:40.093 --> 00:28:44.741 line:5% ♪♪ 534 00:28:44.765 --> 00:28:50.121 line:5% ♪♪ 535 00:28:50.145 --> 00:28:53.291 -Just got back down here yesterday, 536 00:28:53.315 --> 00:28:55.501 and the first thing I noticed is, like, you can tell, 537 00:28:55.525 --> 00:28:59.505 they've been using the side of our house for a driveway. 538 00:28:59.529 --> 00:29:02.842 When I first seen it, it was just like, what the heck? 539 00:29:02.866 --> 00:29:07.013 I parked my jeep in the way so they couldn't go that way. 540 00:29:07.037 --> 00:29:08.306 It's very frustrating. 541 00:29:08.330 --> 00:29:10.266 But they just, like, while we're gone. 542 00:29:10.290 --> 00:29:12.393 It's like you never know what you're going to see 543 00:29:12.417 --> 00:29:15.146 when you come back down. 544 00:29:15.170 --> 00:29:20.526 This time it was the trees, and they just disappeared. 545 00:29:20.550 --> 00:29:22.904 And like, so this is our view now. 546 00:29:22.928 --> 00:29:25.782 line:5% ♪♪ 547 00:29:25.806 --> 00:29:29.118 This is not acceptable. 548 00:29:29.142 --> 00:29:31.454 I mean, the yard was never glorious before that, 549 00:29:31.478 --> 00:29:34.189 but now it's like... demolished. 550 00:29:35.482 --> 00:29:38.461 But they can cut all the trees down they want. 551 00:29:38.485 --> 00:29:40.213 We'll still be here. 552 00:29:40.237 --> 00:29:43.216 -Sometimes our neighbors are our best friends 553 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:48.805 and sometimes our neighbors are a big pain 554 00:29:48.829 --> 00:29:50.473 that we have to live with. 555 00:29:50.497 --> 00:29:53.351 And SpaceX comes with, 556 00:29:53.375 --> 00:29:56.437 you know, its blessings and curses for them. 557 00:29:56.461 --> 00:29:58.481 I would sure encourage these people 558 00:29:58.505 --> 00:30:01.401 because I think they're good people to... 559 00:30:01.425 --> 00:30:06.179 to truly consider, "Is this worth it?" 560 00:30:07.848 --> 00:30:12.370 -Back in December, my rental house was broken in 561 00:30:12.394 --> 00:30:16.708 by one of SpaceX's employees, one or two. 562 00:30:16.732 --> 00:30:19.794 I went over there and somebody had broken into the house 563 00:30:19.818 --> 00:30:23.423 and broken the door locks and broken the window. 564 00:30:23.447 --> 00:30:25.091 Threw a brick in. 565 00:30:25.115 --> 00:30:28.261 The brick was still there and the glass was still there 566 00:30:28.285 --> 00:30:30.054 and they were living there. 567 00:30:30.078 --> 00:30:33.599 They had it set up. So I guess the owner came in. 568 00:30:33.623 --> 00:30:35.852 They would climb on a stool, then on a dresser 569 00:30:35.876 --> 00:30:38.604 and then up into the attic and hide. 570 00:30:38.628 --> 00:30:40.857 So I called the sheriff's department. 571 00:30:40.881 --> 00:30:42.358 It took me about five months, 572 00:30:42.382 --> 00:30:45.594 but SpaceX did end up paying for the damage. 573 00:30:48.221 --> 00:30:51.534 The employees have been really kind of weird. 574 00:30:51.558 --> 00:30:54.871 Even if you try and be friendly, wave to them, 575 00:30:54.895 --> 00:30:56.330 they don't wave back. 576 00:30:56.354 --> 00:30:58.332 They made me feel like I was an intruder. 577 00:30:58.356 --> 00:31:00.650 And actually, they're the intruders. 578 00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:06.799 line:5% ♪♪ 579 00:31:06.823 --> 00:31:11.387 line:5% ♪♪ 580 00:31:11.411 --> 00:31:15.016 -So this is an alert we would get from SpaceX 581 00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:16.601 that the sheriff would deliver 582 00:31:16.625 --> 00:31:20.021 regarding an upcoming testing event, 583 00:31:20.045 --> 00:31:22.148 and it just says, "Alert, potential risk 584 00:31:22.172 --> 00:31:24.734 to health and safety. Action required. 585 00:31:24.758 --> 00:31:28.196 To residents or occupants of Boca Chica Village, 586 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:31.199 SpaceX will conduct spaceflight activities. 587 00:31:31.223 --> 00:31:32.742 There is a risk that a malfunction 588 00:31:32.766 --> 00:31:35.745 of the SpaceX vehicle during these activities 589 00:31:35.769 --> 00:31:38.915 will create an overpressure event that can break windows. 590 00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:42.418 At a minimum, you must exit your home or structure to avoid 591 00:31:42.442 --> 00:31:45.630 or minimize the risk of injury." 592 00:31:45.654 --> 00:31:47.590 It started May 3rd. 593 00:31:47.614 --> 00:31:49.509 So May 3rd, May 4th, 594 00:31:49.533 --> 00:31:51.302 I guess through the 6th. 595 00:31:51.326 --> 00:31:54.472 And it was like 12, 14, 15, 596 00:31:54.496 --> 00:31:59.894 16, 17, 18, 19... 597 00:31:59.918 --> 00:32:03.064 You know, and sometimes it would be 12 hours at a time. 598 00:32:03.088 --> 00:32:06.025 It was 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. And when they started that, 599 00:32:06.049 --> 00:32:07.318 they came and knocked on the door 600 00:32:07.342 --> 00:32:10.530 at 6:00 a.m. to deliver this. 601 00:32:10.554 --> 00:32:12.949 I don't think they just decided at 5:30 in the morning 602 00:32:12.973 --> 00:32:14.325 that they were going to do this. 603 00:32:14.349 --> 00:32:16.619 They certainly could have told us before. 604 00:32:16.643 --> 00:32:18.955 The way they handled all this 605 00:32:18.979 --> 00:32:21.874 was like harass the people that are here 606 00:32:21.898 --> 00:32:23.334 so they won't want to be here. 607 00:32:23.358 --> 00:32:26.153 I mean, so, you know, it's all by design. 608 00:32:32.367 --> 00:32:35.179 -I have one of my bedrooms boarded up 609 00:32:35.203 --> 00:32:37.515 because, you know, they blow in every test. 610 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:39.892 Every rocket they test, they've blown it up. 611 00:32:39.916 --> 00:32:44.480 line:5% ♪♪ 612 00:32:44.504 --> 00:32:47.984 The explosion was so loud 613 00:32:48.008 --> 00:32:51.195 that all the windows rattled, of course. 614 00:32:51.219 --> 00:32:55.199 The explosion before that broke my kitchen window. 615 00:32:55.223 --> 00:32:59.829 line:5% ♪♪ 616 00:32:59.853 --> 00:33:05.126 line:5% ♪♪ 617 00:33:05.150 --> 00:33:06.669 This last one left me kind of deaf 618 00:33:06.693 --> 00:33:09.589 for about a half-hour, 45 minutes. 619 00:33:09.613 --> 00:33:13.676 line:5% ♪♪ 620 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:17.805 line:5% ♪♪ 621 00:33:17.829 --> 00:33:21.225 I call that my bunker because that's where I go 622 00:33:21.249 --> 00:33:23.603 when they're going to do the testing. 623 00:33:23.627 --> 00:33:26.063 line:5% ♪♪ 624 00:33:26.087 --> 00:33:31.694 I went from my nice peaceful vacation home to a war zone. 625 00:33:31.718 --> 00:33:34.763 line:5% ♪♪ 626 00:33:47.734 --> 00:33:52.298 -SpaceX has turned out to be a larger threat 627 00:33:52.322 --> 00:33:55.468 than... than we we first realized. 628 00:33:55.492 --> 00:33:58.888 There have been multiple explosions, at least two fires. 629 00:33:58.912 --> 00:34:03.059 There was an explosion that then caused over 100-acre brushfire 630 00:34:03.083 --> 00:34:06.896 on wildlife refuge land. 631 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:09.899 What SpaceX is doing now is very different 632 00:34:09.923 --> 00:34:14.237 than what they said they would do back in 2013-14. 633 00:34:14.261 --> 00:34:18.324 Starship is going to be the largest rocket 634 00:34:18.348 --> 00:34:19.992 ever made in the United States, 635 00:34:20.016 --> 00:34:24.038 and that's being developed and tested here. 636 00:34:24.062 --> 00:34:27.333 That's a much different thing 637 00:34:27.357 --> 00:34:30.253 than having a launch every one or two months. 638 00:34:30.277 --> 00:34:34.090 Their appetite for taking over more and more of this area 639 00:34:34.114 --> 00:34:36.300 just seems kind of unstoppable. 640 00:34:36.324 --> 00:34:41.931 line:5% ♪♪ 641 00:34:41.955 --> 00:34:47.520 line:5% ♪♪ 642 00:34:47.544 --> 00:34:53.943 line:5% ♪♪ 643 00:34:53.967 --> 00:34:59.198 -I read what people write to me from all over the world. 644 00:34:59.222 --> 00:35:01.951 And it makes you cry. 645 00:35:01.975 --> 00:35:06.872 The hope that they see... Another building going up. 646 00:35:06.896 --> 00:35:09.667 And the dreams that they have... 647 00:35:09.691 --> 00:35:11.318 That's our old house. 648 00:35:15.488 --> 00:35:19.468 Yeah, so totally consumed. 649 00:35:19.492 --> 00:35:23.848 line:5% ♪♪ 650 00:35:23.872 --> 00:35:28.811 line:5% ♪♪ 651 00:35:28.835 --> 00:35:30.604 This is our old house. 652 00:35:30.628 --> 00:35:33.024 If it looked like my old house, 653 00:35:33.048 --> 00:35:34.734 I'd probably feel pretty bad. 654 00:35:34.758 --> 00:35:39.488 But now that it's been converted into an industrial zone, 655 00:35:39.512 --> 00:35:42.533 it doesn't have much of an appeal. 656 00:35:42.557 --> 00:35:45.036 So you're looking right at the front door, 657 00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:49.206 the house was all tiled floor throughout 658 00:35:49.230 --> 00:35:52.501 with a big great room and for the small square footage, 659 00:35:52.525 --> 00:35:54.378 it felt like a very big house. 660 00:35:54.402 --> 00:35:57.673 You can, you know, just go down to the beach 661 00:35:57.697 --> 00:36:00.051 and have a party with people you didn't even know. 662 00:36:00.075 --> 00:36:01.677 [ Laughs ] It was easy. 663 00:36:01.701 --> 00:36:03.679 That house was rocking. [ Laughs ] 664 00:36:03.703 --> 00:36:06.414 That was just a rocking house. 665 00:36:10.585 --> 00:36:13.230 We howled with the coyotes. 666 00:36:13.254 --> 00:36:14.815 It's corporate America. 667 00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:17.234 It's going to come to your front door soon, too. 668 00:36:17.258 --> 00:36:19.260 It's not just us. 669 00:36:21.554 --> 00:36:24.492 The people that sold to SpaceX that aren't the holdouts, 670 00:36:24.516 --> 00:36:27.828 we walk around with chump change in our pocket. 671 00:36:27.852 --> 00:36:30.790 I'm one of the chump changers, and that's what you got to do 672 00:36:30.814 --> 00:36:34.293 when corporate America takes over your front yard. 673 00:36:34.317 --> 00:36:39.406 And in our case, our backyard and our side yard and our house. 674 00:36:42.575 --> 00:36:45.596 So if you want to do something and it's not on the up-and-up, 675 00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:48.790 come to Texas, you can get her done. 676 00:36:51.251 --> 00:36:55.231 -Did you guys hear anything yet? 677 00:36:55.255 --> 00:36:58.633 Did you hear any change in access? 678 00:37:03.596 --> 00:37:08.744 Did you see my letter that gives me exclusive to have access 679 00:37:08.768 --> 00:37:11.372 to all special events and closures? 680 00:37:11.396 --> 00:37:15.709 -I was told today by SpaceX, okay... 681 00:37:15.733 --> 00:37:18.671 -That's Alma. Alma is local. 682 00:37:18.695 --> 00:37:22.216 I'm dealing with Hawthorne, California. 683 00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:24.343 And this was a negotiated... 684 00:37:24.367 --> 00:37:26.345 -Let me go out there and make... SpaceX, 685 00:37:26.369 --> 00:37:28.264 and I'll come back and let you know, okay? 686 00:37:28.288 --> 00:37:30.683 -And I printed out to Elon to help me. 687 00:37:30.707 --> 00:37:33.102 He's got my phone number also. - Okay. 688 00:37:33.126 --> 00:37:36.480 -But they said he's off of Twitter right now. 689 00:37:36.504 --> 00:37:39.466 - Let me go out there and check. - Okay. Thanks. 690 00:37:43.887 --> 00:37:45.573 When I sold my property, 691 00:37:45.597 --> 00:37:48.200 I didn't want any interruption to what I was doing. 692 00:37:48.224 --> 00:37:51.871 One of the main things that I wanted to make sure of 693 00:37:51.895 --> 00:37:57.960 {\an1}is that the access to being able to film, like Boca Chica Maria. 694 00:37:57.984 --> 00:38:01.297 I wanted that to continue even during the road closures. 695 00:38:01.321 --> 00:38:03.632 And they assured me that there would be no interruption 696 00:38:03.656 --> 00:38:06.927 to what I ever did before. 697 00:38:06.951 --> 00:38:10.848 I'm supposed to continue doing what I do 698 00:38:10.872 --> 00:38:17.229 because I cooperated fully with the sale of my property. 699 00:38:17.253 --> 00:38:22.091 So that cooperation has definitely not paid off today. 700 00:38:29.849 --> 00:38:32.077 -We were under a lot of pressure. 701 00:38:32.101 --> 00:38:34.747 It was like basically, "Take this or else." 702 00:38:34.771 --> 00:38:37.166 And then you're going, "What's the 'or else'?" 703 00:38:37.190 --> 00:38:41.086 It was definitely a threat. 704 00:38:41.110 --> 00:38:43.130 I sold the house, 705 00:38:43.154 --> 00:38:47.176 and then immediately regretted it. 706 00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:49.678 Holidays hit and sometime after the holidays, 707 00:38:49.702 --> 00:38:52.097 I was looking for an attorney. 708 00:38:52.121 --> 00:38:55.935 We talked about what it takes to unwind a sale in Texas. 709 00:38:55.959 --> 00:38:58.229 And, you know, there's... There's three elements. 710 00:38:58.253 --> 00:38:59.647 And I had two of them. 711 00:38:59.671 --> 00:39:02.691 One was under duress and fraudulently induced 712 00:39:02.715 --> 00:39:04.902 because they were telling us from way back 713 00:39:04.926 --> 00:39:07.363 that it wasn't safe for us to be here. 714 00:39:07.387 --> 00:39:10.616 And they made it seem as if they were going to just, 715 00:39:10.640 --> 00:39:11.992 you know, bulldoze the houses 716 00:39:12.016 --> 00:39:13.869 and no one was going to live here. 717 00:39:13.893 --> 00:39:15.579 Some of the houses that sold 718 00:39:15.603 --> 00:39:17.915 have SpaceX employees living in them, 719 00:39:17.939 --> 00:39:19.833 and we'll see them jog up and down the street. 720 00:39:19.857 --> 00:39:22.044 And I've seen a couple of people with a dog 721 00:39:22.068 --> 00:39:25.881 and, you know, they're just, you know, living here. 722 00:39:25.905 --> 00:39:28.717 If I have to give up everything and they get to ruin 723 00:39:28.741 --> 00:39:32.638 this amazing area, it's like, you know... 724 00:39:32.662 --> 00:39:35.099 I'd actually like to go to court with them. 725 00:39:35.123 --> 00:39:39.562 I would like SpaceX to have to answer to someone 726 00:39:39.586 --> 00:39:41.462 for what they've done. 727 00:39:49.762 --> 00:39:52.491 line:5% This is this is Georgie. 728 00:39:52.515 --> 00:39:54.410 line:5% This is Georgie. 729 00:39:54.434 --> 00:39:56.120 line:5% I know. 730 00:39:56.144 --> 00:39:59.772 line:5% I just thought I'd stop by and see how you're doing. 731 00:40:03.359 --> 00:40:06.463 line:5% That I don't go? Well, we'll see. 732 00:40:06.487 --> 00:40:08.716 line:5% That's kind of been depressing me, actually, 733 00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:10.676 line:5% because it's like, you know, 734 00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:16.181 line:5% how do you replace this, you know? So... 735 00:40:16.205 --> 00:40:18.183 She's my best friend. 736 00:40:18.207 --> 00:40:19.935 She's fighting back 737 00:40:19.959 --> 00:40:24.148 because everybody here sold under duress. 738 00:40:24.172 --> 00:40:28.485 The way they made their offers and bullied us 739 00:40:28.509 --> 00:40:33.282 and made me feel like I had a gun pointed at my head. 740 00:40:33.306 --> 00:40:34.867 This is America. 741 00:40:34.891 --> 00:40:37.828 And in America, we don't do business like that. 742 00:40:37.852 --> 00:40:41.290 I says, "In America, when a house goes up for sale, 743 00:40:41.314 --> 00:40:45.544 the buyer and the seller both walk away happy 744 00:40:45.568 --> 00:40:48.005 or there is no transaction made." 745 00:40:48.029 --> 00:40:51.759 And that's why I have resisted selling to SpaceX, 746 00:40:51.783 --> 00:40:54.678 even though they threatened with eminent domain. 747 00:40:54.702 --> 00:40:57.056 I still refused. My question is, 748 00:40:57.080 --> 00:40:58.932 why should I give up my dream 749 00:40:58.956 --> 00:41:01.268 for Elon to accomplish his dream? 750 00:41:01.292 --> 00:41:06.482 It is no longer the Boca Chica Village 751 00:41:06.506 --> 00:41:09.985 Boca Chica Beach that we always knew, 752 00:41:10.009 --> 00:41:12.821 but I still love it and I still intend to stay here, 753 00:41:12.845 --> 00:41:15.765 unless they kick me out forcefully. 754 00:41:22.188 --> 00:41:25.793 -Elon Musk is the seventh wealthiest person 755 00:41:25.817 --> 00:41:27.461 in the world now. 756 00:41:27.485 --> 00:41:31.674 If he wants to offer them $5 million for, you know... 757 00:41:31.698 --> 00:41:34.093 At some point someone is going to take the money. 758 00:41:34.117 --> 00:41:37.012 I just don't think that they realize 759 00:41:37.036 --> 00:41:39.973 the commitment that some of these people 760 00:41:39.997 --> 00:41:45.854 that have lived there for decades have, in my opinion. 761 00:41:45.878 --> 00:41:47.773 -I know there's like, people look at it and say, 762 00:41:47.797 --> 00:41:49.650 "Oh, it's like a little cardboard box. 763 00:41:49.674 --> 00:41:51.860 Why would they just not get rid of it?" 764 00:41:51.884 --> 00:41:54.446 You know, but somebody who worked all their life 765 00:41:54.470 --> 00:41:56.281 and saved up for it, you know, 766 00:41:56.305 --> 00:42:00.619 and then they just want... Somebody scoops in and says, 767 00:42:00.643 --> 00:42:02.895 "I want you guys all to leave," you know? 768 00:42:04.731 --> 00:42:07.793 I mean, he knew we were here, 769 00:42:07.817 --> 00:42:11.797 and I don't know if he, Mr. Musk, 770 00:42:11.821 --> 00:42:14.717 just thought that we wouldn't care, you know, 771 00:42:14.741 --> 00:42:17.052 like we would be easy to get rid of. 772 00:42:17.076 --> 00:42:19.680 I kind of just think he thinks money can buy everything, 773 00:42:19.704 --> 00:42:22.933 and we should be glad we were getting the three times 774 00:42:22.957 --> 00:42:26.687 and we should just go, but... 775 00:42:26.711 --> 00:42:31.692 no, money can't buy everything, so... 776 00:42:31.716 --> 00:42:32.943 here we are. 777 00:42:32.967 --> 00:42:38.198 -Four, three, two, one. 778 00:42:38.222 --> 00:42:39.742 -There it goes, there it goes. 779 00:42:39.766 --> 00:42:41.410 It's going, it's going. It's going. 780 00:42:41.434 --> 00:42:44.371 -A major test for the hopper rocket in Boca Chica 781 00:42:44.395 --> 00:42:46.540 was a huge success. 782 00:42:46.564 --> 00:42:49.626 -It's just phenomenal, and it's just the beginning. 783 00:42:49.650 --> 00:42:54.590 -Elon Musk's SpaceX won a multibillion-dollar contract 784 00:42:54.614 --> 00:42:55.841 with the Department of Defense. 785 00:42:55.865 --> 00:42:59.887 -The SN5 now up in the air. 786 00:42:59.911 --> 00:43:03.015 -It's part of an economic necessity for our area. 787 00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:08.854 It's part of the future of mankind and of humanity. 788 00:43:08.878 --> 00:43:12.274 We can't stop it for a few people. 789 00:43:12.298 --> 00:43:15.903 We have to... have to look... Look to space 790 00:43:15.927 --> 00:43:18.155 for the future of humanity. 791 00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:23.368 line:5% ♪♪ 792 00:43:23.392 --> 00:43:28.540 line:5% ♪♪ 793 00:43:28.564 --> 00:43:33.754 line:5% ♪♪ 794 00:43:33.778 --> 00:43:38.967 line:5% ♪♪ 795 00:43:38.991 --> 00:43:44.890 line:5% ♪♪ 796 00:43:44.914 --> 00:43:47.392 -I have no interest in going to Mars. 797 00:43:47.416 --> 00:43:50.646 It's not even safe to go to Mars. 798 00:43:50.670 --> 00:43:52.105 Apparently if people go to Mars, 799 00:43:52.129 --> 00:43:54.399 they probably won't make it back okay. 800 00:43:54.423 --> 00:43:56.151 I mean, they may not make it back alive 801 00:43:56.175 --> 00:43:58.237 and they probably won't be okay if they come back. 802 00:43:58.261 --> 00:44:01.114 So if they want to just go live on Mars, that's fine. 803 00:44:01.138 --> 00:44:03.432 I hope Elon's the first one to go.