Lovers and haters are erecting monuments for their favorite tech billionaire, Elon Musk.
Just north of the US-Mexico Border, near Brownsville, Texas, sits Starbase, SpaceX's massive rocket launch and development site. In 2025, the surrounding area became incorporated as the City of Starbase, with a population of more than 500 residents, though thousands of people work at the complex.
Recently, Starbase has turned into a locus of monuments tied to Musk and the achievements — or excesses, depending on your point of view — of his companies.
A French foundry group, Atelier Missor, shared photos on X last week, showing its progress in erecting a statue near the complex.
In a few days, Prometheus will stand 50 ft tall, holding high the torch of the West.Starbase, Texas. pic.twitter.com/olP1D7VT23
The group wrote that the monument depicts Prometheus, a Greek mythological figure, holding a torch, and is supposed to stand 50 feet tall. Prometheus is famously known as the titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humanity.
Last year, Atelier Missor wrote on X that it wished to offer "a colossal titanium statue of Prometheus to Starbase," adding that "SpaceX makes humanity dream." The group has also publicly reached out to Musk about its plans.
It's unclear whether the CEO ever responded to the post directly or whether Atelier Missor contacted him privately. Musk has interacted with Atelier Missor's X posts before, giving the group props for some of its concepts.
Atelier Missor did not respond to a request for comment.
One unlikely group is also leading the charge for another Musk monument, but for entirely different reasons.
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Cards Against Humanity, the makers of the raunchy, fill-in-the-blank card game, made a public call-to-action on Thursday to raise money for a monument intended to "f—k with Elon Musk."
A spokesperson for Cards Against Humanity told Business Insider that SpaceX's activities at Starbase had damaged the parcel of land the company purchased in 2017 to slow down the first Trump administration's plan to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
The spokesperson added that it has been working to restore the area, but those plans are also complicated by new housing for SpaceX employees.
The land dispute went through the courts in 2024, when the game company sued SpaceX over the property and reached a confidential settlement the following year. Cards Against Humanity said at the time that SpaceX later removed its equipment from the property.
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