So thankful I was able to make it for my 40th birthday to witness history in the making!Looking forward to my future trip to Mars and helping with IT engineering and/or cyber security!

Really interesting place to see, i took a closer look to see from the inside.There some interesting buildings inside almost like restaurants and some houses.It would be nice to see more space related stuff inside and out side of the place.

Its great, although I wish they had a public parking lot. Perhaps a giftshop? With all the public interest Im sure they would sell well.

Went down to Boca chica to see starship 20 before orbital launch. It was amazing to be within a stones throw of everything to see it up close.

Amazing how close you actually get. Elon is the man!

This is where the future is happening. Anyone interested in Rockets has to visit this facility. This is going to be the next Cape Kennedy. What happens here will be our road to the stars.

Have been to Canaveral for tours and launches. You can get much closer to the production and launch facilities (100-200 meters) as long as no launch or overpressure event is scheduled. Well worth the trip.

See history in the making 🚀. Plenty of opportunities for photos. There are several places to pull your car off the road to park and observe the beehive of activity that is going on. Not many places you can view experimental rockets from the road but this is one 😂

So freaking cool, I was amazed how close you could get. Everyone there was super nice. Cant wait to go back!

What an awesome experience. Seeing it in person does so much to inspire my 9 yr old.

We got to see the starship up close and had a nice stay at the beach. Great location.

This was so exciting to not only to be able to see the facility and rocket, but to get to see it so closely. This was really really cool!

If you are a SpaceX fan like me, this is a cant miss stop if you get a chance. I really wish there was more for a tourist, but maybe in the future when Starbase city is there. And they are already working on a bar at the top of the highbay and a restaurant at the corner of Boca Chica Village.At the time of my visit, SN15 was still hanging from Bluto awaiting a possible second flight, SN16 was in the highbay and the Orbital Integration Tower was in progress. We even saw pieces of a starship (assuming SN11, but could possibly been from any of the starships that have exploded to date), still out in the marsh.The day was rainy and the road was in poor condition. The beach was pretty and might have been inviting with better weather.

I was asked to leave but it was a good time! Thanks for not arresting me! #IHeartElon

It is awe inspiring to see the Starship up close. Im already planning another trip!

You can get incredibly close!awesome experience.

Starbase, Tx was so amazing to see! To get up close and photograph HUGE rockets was quit the lifetime experience for myself and my 18 year old son space enthusiast. Elon is making history at the bottom of Texas!

Go before they shut this down. You will never be able to get this close to working prototype rockets and the facility that produces them just across the streets. Look into the future from as close as a few 100 feet away. I drove 6 hours one way just too take it all in. Will be back for SNX. A must for future astronauts like I was once, when NASA landed men on the moon. Grownups turn into little kids in aww of this special place. Slept in my car on the beach just to see it for myself. The birth of flights too Mars.

Absolutely fantastic to be on the doorstep to Mars. To have the ability to drive right up to the launch and production facilities is unbelievable. Drove down from Minnesota over the weekend and arrived just at sunset. I dont my pictures do it justice, but take a look.

This place is just cool. In the way, it looks like Elon is having a restuarant being built. Its a public access road unless they are doing a launch. You literally can drive right up and see history being made. Also, there is a beautiful beach right behind the launch site. It is definitely a must see! Also, in the neighboring town I guess there are local famous Youtubers. Elon is such a pioneer for us as humans! Go see history being made!!

My second trip from SoCal to Starbase... Love hanging out and chatting with the hard working staff from Nasaspaceflight, who tirelessly provide live video and photos and informative updates on their YouTube channel... And all the others there too... Jessica Kirsch, Paul, all of them ... Covering our nations historical jump to massive space missions to the Moon and our Solar system.

Its really neat that just about everything is in view. The true next step of our evolution is inter planetary travel and here you get to see the first baby steps

Not very secretive, relatively open views, but security people get a little antsy if you get too close to the fence. Definitely worth visiting if you are near Brownsville/South Padre. Roam around the site near the beach and you might even find some exploded rocket parts

You can Drive along the road of SpaceX and see alot of spacecraft assembly work.

Amazing view of SpaceX StarShip SN15. You get to park and view the launch pad from across the street. You can almost reach out and touch it you are so close!

Rocket artistry, a special place where dedicated people are creating wonderful things.

Did KNOt KNO3 HWY 4 was that close to the launch facility and Starship itself!?! Total specific impulse to go down Remedios Rd. and jump aboard the next flight to Mars but refrained considering there is life inhabiting this space be it human or Martians. Must have been those sweet engines hyping me up. Although Im sure the aftermath of such would have been worth it ha ha... Maybe next time.

How cool is it to stand so close to a real Starship! Seeing the wreckage of SN8 and SN9 on the pad was a once in a lifetime experience for sure. Driving past the hangers was so amazing. You can drive right down the road and oogle all day. Even my wife who isnt a rocket nut like me was completely impressed. Excited times to witness the next big space race and see a company like SpaceXs cowboy starship during the testing and production stages. Gives me chills Seeing the rocket on the pad waiting to be launched. I really wanted to touch it! Felt like when I was a kid running around with my grandpas old WW1 helmet and a roll of reynolds wrap on pretending to be an astronaut. The guards at the gates were ever so vigilant keeping me out or I would have totally hopped the fence to snag a souvenir of the SN8 wreckage and touched SN9! Giving a Symbolic send off to the revolutionary space ship with its full flow raptor engine that can land itself in what WILL be a historical benchmark in the future of mankind. Blue origin cannot compete. Besides they will all be to tired from climbing up and down the silly ladder to even dream of catching up with SpaceX.

Take highway 4 which is Boca Chica Blvd. ENE from Brownsville. There are numerous stoplights and beware some drivers may have poor driving habits on this highway. This drive is one of diverse landscapes from city to suburbs and to the saline flats near the Gulf of Mexico. It also skirts the Rio Grande to the South.The launch site is approximately 22 mi. From the Brownsville airport. It can be seen from miles away because the structures are the tallest in Cameron County. Always check with the websites for launch dates because Boca Chica is sometimes closed for days during launch dates or static tests.

This will be a historic site one day!

Lets be honest, Starbase wasnt designed with tourists or casual observers and is still a work in progress with pretty rough roads connecting facilities and the launch pad. That being said, its amazing that they let visitors and photographers walk up and down the streets to get within feet of SN15 & 16, Star Hopper, building and launch facilities, etc. Everything is still actively under construction but it truly feels like youre witnessing history in the making when you visit and see all of the projects SpaceX is undertaking. A must see for fans of the space industry! Probably the only thing cooler would be to bump into Elon in the parking lot for a quick tour of the facilities

Truly out of a DREAMscape every child’s wishes to experience! The facility is located on a public road that dead ends at the most natural beach we have enjoyed in a long time... even though you can see SpaceX from your surfboard... and they are super busy creating our Mars future... you can only hear the sound of your heartbeat and the waves... a wonderful way to remind yourself of the human spirit and our imaginations abilities to adventure eternally!!! Thank you SpaceX for existing so my now 43 year old self can fulfill the dreams of seeing rockets up close !!!

Truly an amazing area to see the future of manned spaceflight going forward. If you have the time and the ability to make it this far south it is 100% worth the small extra drive time to get out to Boca Chica. We brought our two young children out to here just so they could see what was being done and hopefully make a memory or two in the process that they can tell their kids when theyre older that they were able to see the place where the rocket ships were being built and tested. Even my wife who is not really a fan of anything technology related found it awfully impressive that you can get so very close to the real ships unlike the Kennedy space Center in Florida. Go SpaceX go!!!!...

The future of humanity rests in Boca Chica, TexasThe Gateway To Mars!Images are test article SN15, The first starship to successfully launch and land without RUD 🚀🤯

STARBASE, Texas is doing incredible work! A city dedicated to making us become interplanetary! It’s 🤯🤯🤯 & Elon Musk is doing it using rockers/boosters that r re-usable!

Lots of activity compared to the last time we visited. There are currently several different versions of SpaceXs Starship prototype, in various degrees of construction. Theyre also currently building the larger launch platform.

Update - back again in February 2021 to see sn10 on the launch pad. Parking still available along the roadway. Ana to be up close to these prototype rockets. They were working fast to play anew concrete landing pad. Also could see sn11 in the highbay along side the stacked super heavy booster.October 2020 - Tons of activity. Saw sn8 on the launch pad today with the nose cone being welded on. The welding crew said it will be ready to launch by the first week in November.

This is the place to be if you want to stay in touch with the current space race. Nothing too fancy here but some good old fashioned rocket construction.The beach is right past the Hopper if need you need take a dip. Lastly, drones are prohibited over the SpaceX facility so you will have to fly those at a distance.UFO Buster Radio approved 👽👍

I love that people can get pretty close to the Starship and take pictures! We took my mom, daughter, son-in-law, 2 1/2 year grandson, and 1 year old granddaughter. They all enjoyed seeing them (SN9 and SN10) out on the pads.

Seeing how SpaceX builds a rocket was quite an experience. Besides, it is located directly at a gorgeous beach!

Youre still able to see a lot of the facility from the road, and things change rapidly. There is an excellent beach here as well.

Cool place! Cant wait to see the 15km hop!

Just returned from my first trip to Mars. Starship ride was bumpier than advertised, and upon landing on the red planet I found the reception area ice cream machine was broken. My room was clean and well kept, and the buffet was fantastic! However for a base that so heavily emphasizes redundancy they do not have a single facility on the entire planet to recycle glass. Can you believe that??All in all, great trip. Lotta dudes tho

You can drive right up to the launch site when there are no planned rocket launches. Interesting views and you can drive on the beach.

Would not recommend. Wanted to go to Mars and was told rocket doesn’t even go there.

Really amazing being able to see Starship

Love that you can see the rockets being built. Pretty awesome! My family and son loved it!

Words cannot convey the feeling one gets when they are near this place. These people work diligently towards making humanity a multiplanitary species by way of the superior design of Starship. As time has progressed, the production rate and reliability of Starship has greatly improved. This place is going to be something truly great in time, for even now it sends shivers down our spines. Thank you to everyone who is working towards this amazing next step of humanity.

Pretty cool experience, especially if youre into astronomy and if you already know a little about SpaceX and how this site came to be

AWESOME. History in the making.

I never been there , I just wanted to write I wish I had a chance to talk to elun musk about my ideas, I wish they make it easier to reach out to the brightest minds,

Rocket is near the road, so easy to take pictures, awesome sight to see. There is also a nice beach near by.. if you go to the beach and turn right about 60-70 yards.. there is a sign that says space rocks

Hope they get more of a visitor center going but otherwise was great to see everything in real life.

Incredible place to visit, a glimpse at our future of becoming a multiplantary society.

Surprisingly you can drive right up to the SpaceX launch site and take pictures

My flight to mars was pleasant. We met few alien species had some beer and pizza with them and after a while we decided to head back to earth

Excellent experience. Rude mussolinni wannabe security guard.Maybe their training should include how to treat members of the public with respect.

Awesome and amazing to watch history in the making

Near the end of an isolated road. Near the beach but not on the beach. The high rise condos of South Padre Island are visible on the horizon but miles away. The rockets look like farm silos with phoney appendages roughly riveted on to make them look like Flash Gordon spaceships. Looks like lots of people working there which must be good for the local economy. And they seem to have success at other launch sites putting up satellites. They have more ambition and money than NASA so Gods speed to them.

Very impressive when you see this rocket from the road

Where baby rockets are born.......

Quite a interesting space launch complex.Very creative, innovative, and a intricate socio-economic boost to this county.Might I add in closing that here you will find a bright and shining beacon of ingenuity - to the future of payload launch operations.

Was heading to the beach and want expecting to run into this. Really cool experience.

Please go and see this place so worth it

A great place to allow a young mind to imagine the possibilities of their future. Respect the security guards and the fact this is indeed PRIVATE property and dont feel entitled to get the picture you want and you will very fine. This is NOT NASA and is not built for public tours but is worth seeing and showing your kids if you do you homework and are willing to educate upon arrival rather than letting your children run wild. Sunset visits are so worth the drive...the sun gleaming off the hull is spectacular.

Cool to see in VERY remote area.

If ya get a chance check this out. Lots of work still going on but being able to get this close is awesome. The beach is beautiful too. You can drive on the beach but make sure you have FWD and the correct tires....

Super shiny stainless steel rockets leave the Earth for space then return to here absolutely badass go see the next chapter in American and well the human perspective on Earth

Witnessed the rollout to the pad for the Heavy today 08/03/2021 and it was AWESOME 😎

Its not every day you can see pivotal progress in human history. Except here. Every day workers and engineers are hard at work building the next generation of rockets that will take humans to the Moon and Mars.Starships and Super Heavy boosters are under construction at the assembly facility down the street. They are rolled over to the launch site for testing. You can see giant leaps forward (and a few steps back) if you come here for launches.The freedom here is amazing. You can drive right up to the facility and take pictures or just watch the ships under construction. Just stay on the opposite side of the street and they dont mind. Even if they do SpaceX security is very polite.Its best to watch launches from South Padre Island, or from Rocket Ranch take a pontoon boat ride down the Rio Grande to the edge of the exclusion zone.Even when theres no testing going on this is a beautiful beach with sand dunes and sunrises. You can drive on the beach and have a bonfire. A lot of people show up for the launches or just to check things out, talk about oxidizer/fuel combinations and thermodynamics. If youre into that sort of thing this is the perfect place to make friends.

The future. If you are interested in spaceflight, innovation, rapid assembly or rapid unscheduled disassembly, you HAVE to visit. With the first Super Heavy (Elon calling it Booster 3) being rolled out today, keep an eye on the development to time your visit to coincide with the first orbital flight attempt of a full-stack Starship/Super Heavy (SN20 and Booster 4), likely in August.This site has gone from grain silos to a full-scale vehicle destined to take people to Mars in a year. Make sure to watch LabPadres 24/7 streams of the site, as well as NasaSpaceflights streams of tests. Oh, and cant forget Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut.

This is like a looking glass into the future.

Very cool place to see. It is an active manufacturing and testing sight with a lot of construction so dont expect any amenities.

Amazing how close you can get! Perfect for space nerds. Beach is right down the road & it was nearly empty. Have your windows open as you can hear announcements over the loud speaker.

Last stop before the beach and Mexico. Dont forget U must go thru a CBP Checkpoint.. Drive Kleen. The dogs are no joke! Its incredible to see that Hoppy is still standing after all the less than perfect landings! SN10 was very loud from our casa 11 miles away.. Im so pleased to see my 3rd rocket launch not fired in ANGER.. We got front row seats to the future here in Laguna Vista. The power given off the new Raptor (SN11) engines was nothing short of stunningly LoUd, Earth shaking and window rattling!! Also @ the same time increasing property values!! Plotted.. Oumuamua.. Beep.

You get a front row experience because you can get very close to the facilities. As we approached the launch pad the rockets sillouete reminds me of the space movies from the 50s and 60s. The operable wings are a novel accessory. Not sure which side is the top when the rocket goes horizontal to earth

Beautiful facility. You can stop to take pictures from main road, but need clearance to enter any of the sites. Security is at every entrance and watching all visitors closely. To apply it must be online .... cannot apply on site, but application/hiring process is fairly quick.

#1 Outstanding, our best for your every endeavor

Musk has really jump started our local economy and is contributing to make browsville the space travelers home on the border by the sea Highway to the stars and beyond BISD and IDEAl schools should use the monies given to them by space x to make more MATH and SCIENCE academic summer classes and start from kindergarten it’s in our Hispanic heritage to learn mathematics

Cant believe how close one can get

This is an awesome place to visit ur literally up close, like in front of the rocket, was there today took pictures. U need to hurry and take a close look before they start on the new road. Its an experience to b so close,not like other NASA places.

Go now before you cant. There looks to be a new road going in and my bet is you wont be able to get up close as soon as that road is complete

If Your into rockets this the place to go so cool

Elon rules ! Great job guys

Really impressive to be that close to a rocket that goes into outer space just 50 ft behind a chain-link fence certainly worth the drive out to Boca Chica Beach

Customer service not good. I bought a rocket ticket to Mars. When I reached the counter, they said the flight is overbooked. I asked for a first class next flight. They said no. Not recommended unless you are rich and can afford first class.

Coolest thing ever!

Its so exciting to see history in the making! You are able to get very close to facilities and be able to see the different components of SNs being displayed right in front of you. So happy that Mr. Musk selected Brownsville as the launching site to Mars!! Cant wait to see what the future holds for this area! Its going to be historical!

Super cool place

Awesome facility!!! Beautiful view of the Starship!!!

This is a letter to the editor of the McAllen Monitor about this horrible place:In mid-April I read the front-page article extolling the SpaceX launch site as an area tourist attraction; however, there is more than the glitz and glamour of space travel involved and especially for those who live and work nearby or visit the beaches, parks and refuges. Some might even call SpaceX an eco-apocalypse for our coastal region.There have now been multiple explosions during testing of SpaceX larger prototypes and locals are becoming increasingly concerned as to whether SpaceX values the natural resources of the area, its population and its established ecotourism and fishing/shrimping industries. Now, Space X wants to modify its existing permit with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the continued development of the SpaceX vertical launch area with the expansion and addition of test, orbital and landing pads, integration towers, associated infrastructure, storm water management features and vehicle parking. Does this newest modified permit also include the additional oil/gas wells that Elon Musk wants to drill there, which have been reported?On April 7, the EPA sent a letter to the USACE that the “SpaceX project may have substantial and unacceptable adverse impacts on aquatic resources of national importance and recommended the denial of the SpaceX project as currently proposed.”This is due to some of the below concerns:1) Numerous project modifications that have been requested over the course of the project history.2) No clarity as to the final scope of a single and complete project for the proposed modification.3) Based on project history, there are concerns that future activities, not yet disclosed, may further impact aquatic resources.4) Aquatic resources that were previously identified as avoided and used as justification during prior alternative analyses are now being identified for impact in the proposed permit modification.5) Based upon the numerous prior modifications to the compensatory mitigation for prior impacts, the EPA is concerned with the ability to provide adequate compensation —- in perpetuity.6) As the project site has evolved, including size and type of testing occurring, the scope of the previous environmental impact statement completed by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2014 may not be consistent with the scope of the current activities.Does it appear Musk’s strategy and actions in our RGV reflect that it’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission? Or can’t I hand in my final project papers whenever I want?As an educator, I find SpaceX evident business regulatory strategies alarming, especially when we consider that SpaceX is bordered by some of the most sensitive wetlands and coastal lands in our area.Diane Teter,. Edinburg

Interesting

The spaceX lanch facilitie is the made starship .

Amazing seeing both ships on the pad. The beach is amazing too. Cant wait to see this become the gateway to Mars.

SN15 ready to go again.

I love space X and if i had a chance to meet Elon musk it would be spacey and in roblox brookhaven the have a cyber truck and Teslas i think~sulphur springs,texas

This place is awesome!!! I love how close you can get to the facility and the launch area. Keep up the good work!!

Drive within 100 feet of the first rocket to Mars! See history being made. I drove 4 hours to see it with the kids.

Im sure that all is sunshine and daisies if you dont live close by. Our house literally shook and our windows almost rattled out of their frames today. Im all for moving forward and learning more but the site they chose for their launch pad should have been put somewhere else where homes would not be affected.

Starship Rocket building in progress!