Communities Push Back against SpaceX in Tamaulipas

A Mexican conservation group says Elon Musk’s rocket launches from South Texas are killing turtles, damaging homes, and littering Tamaulipas beaches with debris.

One of two helicopters that hovered over protestors during a demonstration against SpaceX near Playa Bagdad in August, causing intense turbulence for people on the water. (Photo credit: Conibio)

Three miles south of Starbase, Texas, where SpaceX launches rockets into orbit, the beaches of Tamaulipas begin at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Further south alo…