[Satellite TODAY 03-11-11] SpaceX is expanding the size of its rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas, the company announced March 10.
    The new testing facility will cover 631 acres, more than double the size of the current 256-acre site in McGregor. Since starting operations in Texas in 2003, SpaceX has invested $50 million in the McGregor facility and expects to have at least 140 employees located there by year’s end, the company said.
    "Our Texas rocket development facility is critical to our operations. This lease will allow us to move forward on the growth we have planned for Texas. SpaceX already has more than $2.5 billion in launch contracts for us to carry out over the next few years," SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk said in a statement.