Space firms pitch SpaceX workers hurt by Elon Musk’s plan to move company out of California

By Kiel Porter | Bloomberg

Offering perks and inclusive office cultures, space startups are making a drive to recruit SpaceX workers disillusioned by Elon Musk’s plans to move his rocket launcher’s headquarters from California to Texas.

On X, formerly known as Twitter, asteroid mining company Astroforge Inc. replied to Musk’s tweet announcing his plans by stating they are hiring and based in Seal Beach, California — about 25 miles from SpaceX’s current headquarters in Hawthorne.

Meanwhile, the chief executive officer of French aerospace company Latitude, Stanislas Maximin, called on “SpaceX employees misaligned with these values and looking to join an inclusive and highly ambitious rocket company in a great living city near Paris.”