Texas News SpaceX Wants To Drill For Natural Gas In South Texas By Texas Standard Published January 28, 2021 at 1:04 PM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio A half mile from SpaceX's future launch pad is Boca Chica State Beach.Paul Flahive/Texas Public Radio Elon Musk has acquired land near the Boca Chica launch site, presumably to drill for energy to power SpaceX rockets.