Yet another space enthusiast entered the SpaceX site Boca Chica, Texaslast month, risking legal ramifications and worse, the ire of dozens of SpaceX believers, the edge reports.
A South Texas YouTuber named Caesar entered the site, recorded himself strolling through it, and uploaded the video – or, as some would say, incriminating evidence – to his channel for all to see. The video was quickly removed, but re-uploaded by another YouTuber who had the insider knowledge of it vid for posterity
Caesar runs a small channel, Loco Vlogs, which reminded me of one of my favorite conscious robots, Johnny FiveIt makes its way through the missile campus before coming right under the SN11, or Starship Prototype Serial Number 11, according to CNBCHe took footage of the bikes and then ran off the scene excitedly.
But here’s what baffles me, and what I think is the big problem with these types of intrusions: the area is called a StarBase by SpaceX, but it looks more like a construction site. I don’t understand why this place has suddenly become “… a mecca for SpaceX fans” like Business insider describes.
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What’s the problem here? It is certainly a missile, but it is devoid of context. This is just a static, phallic object surrounded by elevators and light poles that you would encounter in any workplace. Why would anyone risk getting arrested for breaking into what is essentially a construction worker?
Most importantly, why doesn’t SpaceX fare better than a fence for security? Most construction sites have tighter security than this multimillion-dollar missile. It is clear how easily someone can roll and turn in the prototype. What if the next person to do this isn’t a harmless YouTube standard?
Caesar has not been arrested and a few days after his walk under the spaceship, he apologized in another video, saying, “I am never going to commit such a crime again.”
The offenders at StarBase have been arrested before. The Verge quotes a report from 2019 Business insider which describes a similar break-in. A a California man was asked to turn himself in after posting pictures of himself on the Boca Chica site on his Facebook page.
Both SpaceX and Cameron County filed charges, and the man spent an evening in jail before posting a $ 4,000 bond, according to that reportPlease save yourself the trouble: if you must witness a SpaceX rocket disintegrate, do it remotely, maybe from the very decent beach in South Padre.
