LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Less than two weeks after Elon Musk announced SpaceX was leaving California, it is moving some operations from the Florida coast to Long Beach.
The Port of Long Beach will be the new home of SpaceX’s Dragon recovery ship.
“Excited to share an update from Space Beach! Long Beach will be the new home of @SpaceX’s Dragon recovery spacecraft, as their West Coast Recovery Operations Team based at @portoflongbeach will host both @NASA and other private astronauts returning to Earth from orbit and beyond,” Mayor Rex Richardson said Sunday on X.
The company says the move is aimed at reducing the risks associated with the reintroduction of debris from the spacecraft.
On July 16, Musk announced that he would move the company’s headquarters from Hawthorne to Texas to protest a new California law that prevents schools from notifying parents of a student’s change of gender identification.
He called the law “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
“I made it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and businesses to leave California to protect their children,” Musk wrote.
Tesla, of which Musk is CEO, moved its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin in 2021.
Musk also said he had moved his residence from California to Texas, where there is no personal income tax.
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