The internet and the world at large is no stranger to Elon Musk. Billionaire, Engineer and business magnate, he is also the founder, CEO, CTO, and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI.
As reported by CNBC, Elon Musk’s SpaceX bought two deepwater oil rigs last year and is converting them into floating launchpads, to support the enormous Starship rockets that the company is developing.
The rigs are in the Port of Brownsville, near SpaceX’s Starship development facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
On Tuesday, a Twitter user asked Elon Musk for updates on the construction of the Starship rigs. Musk’s response was humorous and worried. Musk’s emotion is probably the closest we all will come to relating to the billionaire.
Any further details on the Rigs? pic.twitter.com/L4EcJ2zRpZ
— Erc X (@ErcXspace) February 23, 2021
The rocket is SpaceX’s top priority.
Public records show that Valaris’ “ultra-deepwater semi-submersible” oil rigs 8500 and 8501 were sold for $3.5 million each. Valaris, headquartered in Houston, Texas, and the world’s largest owner of offshore oil rigs, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August as it sought to lighten a heavy debt load.
The pair of rigs were purchased in July 2020 by limited liability corporation Lone Star Mineral Development, according to public records. Lone Star Mineral Development was incorporated in June 2020 and registered in the name of SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen.
