The world’s richest person has placed his mission to Mars in a low-income county near the US-Mexico border.
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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

Chapters:
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

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