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Space Firms Pitch SpaceX Workers Hurt by Musk’s Relocation Plan
Elon Musk at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, in 2022.
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Offering perks and inclusive office cultures, space startups are making a drive to recruit SpaceX workers disillusioned by Elon Musk’s plans to move his rocket launcher’s headquarters from California to Texas.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, asteroid mining company Astroforge Inc. replied to Musk’s tweet announcing his plans by stating they are hiring and based in Seal Beach, California — about 25 miles from SpaceX’s current headquarters in Hawthorne.