article_snippet.sent: SpaceX is seen in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in this February 2015 file image.
article_snippet.sent: At the opposite end — of Texas and the competition — is the highly visible SpaceX venture, led by PayPal co-founder and electric car maker Elon Musk.
article_snippet.sent: His company contracts with NASA to resupply the International Space Station and is building a launch site about 600 miles from Van Horn, on the southernmost Texas Gulf coast, with the much-publicized goal of sending humans to Mars.
article_snippet.sent: In a Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, left, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, center, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry turn the first shovel-full of sand at the groundbreaking ceremony for the SpaceX launch pad at Boca Chica Beach, Texas .
article_snippet.sent: A SpaceX rocket is seen here at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in April 2015 .
article_snippet.sent: SpaceX already has a rocket plant near Waco.
article_snippet.sent: With more than $15 million in state incentives, SpaceX's also building a launch site at Boca Chica Beach, near Brownsville.
highlights_snippet.sent: The highly visible SpaceX venture is at the opposite end of the state .
  