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BOCA CHICA — It wasn’t just a day at the beach.
But it never is on this small strip of sand near the Texas-Mexico border, not since SpaceX began launching rockets here.
On this particular Saturday in August, about a dozen people gathered to celebrate what the beach meant to them and raise awareness about the harm they see the new space industry doing to the environment.
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Reporting in the Rio Grande Valley is supported in part by the Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
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