The Rundown Tech: SpaceX now controls a city’s water supply

SpaceX now controls a city’s water supply
Image source: SpaceX
The Rundown: SpaceX’s Starbase is swapping water trucks for its own private pipeline from Brownsville, Texas, in a move that promises a steadier supply but puts the tap firmly in Elon Musk’s hands to fuel bigger launches.
The details:
For years, SpaceX shuttled potable water by truck from Brownsville to the site, fueling daily life for employees and Starbase residents.Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) confirmed a contract for SpaceX to deliver water through a new line stretching from Brownsville to Starbase. SpaceX will foot the bill for the pipeline, enabling an expansion of amenities, housing, and on-site infrastructure. Access to the water supply will be overseen by SpaceX, not the City of Starbase itself or local government.
Why it matters: In SpaceX’s company town, the new Starbase water line comes with strings: locals can drink in only if they waive rights during launches and accept water with no quality promises. Without a state utility license, SpaceX alone decides who gets a sip, and on what terms.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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