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SPACEX AND IS ONE DAY DESTINED , FOR MARS. STEWART: DAN, IS THIS A SECRET OPERATION? DAN IF IT’S NOT SECRET, IT’S AT : LEAST UNANNOUNCED BY SPACEX; YOU CAN SEE THE JUNKYARD AND THE ASPHALT PLANT NEXT TO IT. AND THERE IT IS. IT COULD BE WHAT ELON MUSK IS SAYING IS A STARSHIP. THE MAN IN THE SPACEX CAP WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER THIS WAS A SPACEX FACILITY BUT THE SPACEX TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT SEEM TO BE A DEAD GIVEAWAY. THE AUTHOR OF THIS -- OWNER OF THIS FACILITY CONFIRMED IT IS BEING LEASED TO SPACEX. AND FOUNDER ELON MUSK SAID RECENTLY IN A TWITTER POST, SPACEX IS DOING SIMULTANEOUS COMPETING BUILDS OF STARSHIP IN BOCA CHICA TEXAS & CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. THIS PLANT IS ACROSS THE INDIAN RIVER FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARSHIP IN TEXAS AND NOTE THE STRONG SIMILARITIES. MUSK HAS ALSO TWEETED, BOTH SITES WILL MAKE MANY STARSHIPS. THIS IS A COMPETITION TO SEE WHICH LOCATION IS MOST EFFECTIVE. ANSWER MIGHT BE BOTH. AND SO, THE GIANT STARSHIP, DESIGNED TO BE THE LARGEST SPACESHIP EVER BUILT, APPEARS TO BE EXPERIENCING ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN AN ANONYMOUS INDUSTRIAL AREA, SURROUNDED BY JUNKYARDS AND METAL SHOPS. THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS OUTDOORS; ADDITIONAL SECTIONS APPEAR TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN A BIG BUILDING. A FEW SPECTATORS HAVE COME OUT TO CATCH A GLIMPSE. MUSK HAS SAID THE STARSHIP WILL BE LARGE ENOUGH TO CARRY A -- 100 COLONISTS TO MARS. IT WOULD LAUNCH FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AND LAUNCH OFTEN. >> YOU WOULD NEED THOUSANDS OF SHIPS. DAN: SPACEX, AS IS ITS CUSTOM, DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR INQUIRY. FOUNDER ELON MUSK HAS SAID EARLY TEST FLIGHTS COULD BE A YEAR OR TWO AWAY. ANYTHING BUILT HERE WILL BE EXPERIMENTAL, TEST VERSIONS OF THE SHIP. AGAIN, ONE MORE YEARS

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The world's biggest spaceship may be taking shape in a dusty sheet metal yard in Cocoa.SpaceX's Starship is one day destined for Mars. The work on Starship is going on in an out-of-the-way industrial area of Cidco Road.A man at the site, who was wearing a SpaceX shirt and cap, would not say if the site was a SpaceX facility.There were SpaceX trucks going in and out, three Tesla cars in the parking lot and a big metal cylinder under construction.The owner of the facility, Coastal Steel, confirmed to WESH 2 it's being leased to SpaceX.The company's founder, Elon Musk, said recently in a Twitter post, "SpaceX is doing simultaneous competing builds of Starship in Boca Chica Texas & Cape Canaveral Florida."The plant is across the Indian River from Cape Canaveral.There are strong similarities between the Starship in Texas and what's being built in Cocoa.Musk has also tweeted, "Both sites will make many Starships. This is a competition to see which location is most effective. Answer might be both."The Starship, designed to be the largest spaceship ever built, is making a humble beginning in an anonymous industrial area, surrounded by junkyards and metal shops. The main structure is outdoors; additional sections appear to be under construction in a big building. A few spectators have come out to catch a glimpse. Musk has said the Starship will be large enough to carry 100 colonists to Mars and would launch from the Kennedy Space Center often.SpaceX did not respond to our inquiry. Musk has said early test flights of the Starship are a year or two away.