It appears birds have entered the orbit of things Elon Musk couldn’t care less about, joining the likes of Twitter (RIP) and advertisers (“Go fuck yourself”).
A New York Times report on Sunday outlined how SpaceX’s operations in Boca Chica, Texas, have devastated the community’s bird migration habitat. Fires have broken out after rocket launches, and mud and trash have cut through and tarnished the area. It’s left bird nests destroyed, eggs missing, and federal officials angry.
Records observed by the Times showed that Musk and his SpaceX team took advantage of the federal bureaucracy to expand the company’s headquarters in Boca Chica, playing the purposes of various federal agencies against each other to limit oversight on some issues—like wildlife management—while advancing the interests of others, like aviation and space exploration.
