SpaceX application: Resort Development Manager--- Blue Origin-style suborbital tourism resort?- Spacediving?- Marsliner LEO AG package?- Other profitable possibilities?
SpaceX application: Resort Development Manager
Quote from: LMT on 08/11/2020 05:29 amSpaceX application: Resort Development ManagerWhen I saw this the other day, I figured SpaceX's intentions are to bootstrap somewhere for engineers and VIPs to go when working on Starship related endeavors, with the benefits of coordinated architectural design and aesthetics, and not needing to rely on speculative commercial partnerships to create a resort that's suitable for their goals of frequent space flights for everything from Department of Defense missions to space tourists.
I find this a bit concerning. Trying to build anything resembling a conventional resort in BC after using "It's too dangerous to live here" as a cudgel to pressure the remaining home owners to sell, would generate a huge amount of fully deserved negative press.I really hope this is either just a fancy job title for Out of Town Employee Airstream Accommodations Manager, or despite saying Boca Chica in the title the actual plan is to build a resort somewhere between BC and Brownsville.
I find this a bit concerning. Trying to build anything resembling a conventional resort in BC after using "It's too dangerous to live here" as a cudgel to pressure the remaining home owners to sell, would generate a huge amount of fully deserved negative press.
Quote from: danneely on 08/11/2020 02:35 pmI find this a bit concerning. Trying to build anything resembling a conventional resort in BC after using "It's too dangerous to live here" as a cudgel to pressure the remaining home owners to sell, would generate a huge amount of fully deserved negative press.I really hope this is either just a fancy job title for Out of Town Employee Airstream Accommodations Manager, or despite saying Boca Chica in the title the actual plan is to build a resort somewhere between BC and Brownsville.Anyone good at GIS? Any large plots available between BC and Brownsville?
The guests at the "resort" (let's just say, "deluxe accommodations") will likely be limited to paying customers awaiting their flight, SpaceX employees from other locations on site to work, and others from among the strictly Space Business crowd. I can't imagine any good reason to be inviting tourists just for the sake of them having a Kodak moment, taking a tour, and heading home. Well, except for space alien tourists, of course.
Quote from: Texsun on 08/11/2020 05:53 pmThe guests at the "resort" (let's just say, "deluxe accommodations") will likely be limited to paying customers awaiting their flight, SpaceX employees from other locations on site to work, and others from among the strictly Space Business crowd. I can't imagine any good reason to be inviting tourists just for the sake of them having a Kodak moment, taking a tour, and heading home. Well, except for space alien tourists, of course.Haven't you seen the crowds that came to watch the FH launch? Now imagine the interest the first manned flight to Mars would create. Or "just" Maezawa san flying around the Moon...
Quote from: Texsun on 08/11/2020 05:53 pmThe guests at the "resort" (let's just say, "deluxe accommodations") will likely be limited to paying customers awaiting their flight, SpaceX employees from other locations on site to work, and others from among the strictly Space Business crowd. I can't imagine any good reason to be inviting tourists just for the sake of them having a Kodak moment, taking a tour, and heading home. Well, except for space alien tourists, of course.Haven't you seen the crowds that came to watch the FH launch? Now imagine the interest the first manned flight to Mars would create. Or "just" Maezawa san flying around the Moon...If (I know it's a big if) #dearmoon launches on schedule in '23, then lunar test flights can't be more than a year away.
I wasn't saying "people" aren't interested. I was saying there is no good reason for SpaceX to build a resort for them. S. Padre is right there and they are accustomed to catering to the masses. Why would SpaceX want to hire resort expertise? This is the question. I don't think the first answer is tourism.Maezawa-san is more in the ballpark for the reasoning behind SpaceX wanting nice digs on hand for VIPs.