Starbase, CCP/PLA, Space Dust, Civil Defense

Safeguarding our Most Advanced Technological Facility

Mar 01, 2024

UPDATE: PLA/CCP Military Invasion of the U.S. Continues Unabated

Geographic Vulnerability of the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility

Given the location of SpaceX Launch Facility at 52488 to 54298, Boca Chica Boulevard, Brownsville, TX, 78521 so close to the illegal alien invasion routes nearby, it would be easy for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to direct the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers currently hiding among the millions of other military-age male invaders to form up against it to take down our most vital satellite launch facility.

Share American Tactical Civil Defense Substack

Elon Musk did not create this invasion, but he has to protect SpaceX from it.

If the CCP/PLA takes out the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility Starbase’s ability to succeed:

What happens to our military communication capability worldwide, especially Starshield?
What happens to our civilian, business, and commercial communication capability worldwide if Starlink is no longer able to work?
How would the vital SpaceX and Tesla ecosystem of companies be able to continue to contribute to American prosperity, security, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness if this facility is attacked?

Red China’s intel apparatus knows well how such an attack against SpaceX would cripple the U.S. With their Belt and Road commercial octopus wrapped around the world, they would have to use their navy and army as infrequently as Great Britain in the 1800s to control their empire.

NOTE: If anyone thinks I’m spilling the beans in this Substack, do some research on CCP and the the PLA intelligence apparatus. and especially the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the PLA Joint Staff Department, and the Central Military Commission (CMC), and the United Front Work Department. The CCP's intelligence apparatus is known for its aggressive tactics and its focus on both traditional espionage and cyber espionage.

First Principles Strategy Applied to

In an interview with TED Curator, Chris Anderson, Musk spoke of what he attributes to his genius level creativity and success. He calls it “First Principles.”

Musk: Well, I do think there’s a good framework for thinking. It is physics. You know, the sort of first principles reasoning. Generally I think there are — what I mean by that is, boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there, as opposed to reasoning by analogy.
Through most of our life, we get through life by reasoning by analogy, which essentially means copying what other people do with slight variations.

Musk’s first principles strategy is the practice of actively questioning every assumption you think you ‘know’ about a given problem or scenario to create innovative, practical, problem solving. I seek to follow his first principal strategy in this analysis.

Writing a Letter to Mr. Big

I recently wrote to Elon Musk about this vulnerability. For the record, you can read the entire letter at the end of this Substack.

He is a hard man to reach and all I could find from Grok was an address in Palo Alto, CA to send it in hopes he addresses the vulnerability of his space launch facility before it is attacked.

Elon Musk is the kind of business titan that only appears every few generations. Consider that he has created the following businesses. Also think about how critical all these businesses are to the future of the United States.

Tesla - An electric car, Cybertruck (see my Cybertruck for Civil Defense Substack), solar roof, Megapack storage battery utilities, powerwall, and clean energy company

SpaceX - Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starship, Human Spaceflight, Rideshare, Starshield, and Starlink

Optimus - More details here.

Grok - GrokXI

Realizing the importance of these businesses, and how disastrous a manmade disaster like an attack on Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility would be for this country and the world, here are the three primary vulnerabilities I gamed out and tried to convey to him. Even one would be a catastrophe, let alone all three attacks occurring at once.

1. Potential Amphibious Assault. Given your ocean-front exposure, a talented amphibious assault team, such as the CCP/PLA teams currently infiltrating the U.S. via Texas, could attack from that angle. By taking out SpaceX manufacturing and launch capabilities, they win and lead, in their view.

2. Drone Swarms: The CCP/PLA has proven gifted at manufacturing military-grade drones, especially tiny ones that cannot be detected. They could use these to swarm your facilities and do much damage.

3. Large Truck Detonation: Given that Highway 4 crosses your facility so closely, it would be easy for these same CCP/PLA teams to drive up a megaton explosive capability to destroy Starbase.

I know this sounds farfetched. When I told a guy I knew who worked in the White House in 1999 about the same truck risk due to Pennsylvania Avenue being an open artery in front of the White House, he asked me to write a white paper detailing what I thought were security vulnerabilities in the “most secure building in the world.”

When I wrote it and gave it to them, the security apparatus that worked there laughed at it. However, within 10 years, they instituted my recommendations. The most important one was they closed Pennsylvania Avenue off to avoid the large truck detonation risk.

But our Government has Plans for such a Contingency, Right?

Many have informed me that 20-something’s currently running our White House are no longer addressing our real world security vulnerabilities. Instead, they are preoccupied with personal pronouns and DEI advancing certain groups over others instead of the security of the American people.

When the Secretary of Defense goes AWOL for 3 days during major wars, can we blame the 20-somethings for their narcissism, incompetence, and uselessness for facing this threat when their leadership provides the example?

If that is the situation at the White House and real world concerns are not being addressed but end up being thrown out and not being sent up the security apparatus chain of command to be addressed, it is not far fetched to posit the same lack of First Principals strategy exists at Starbase.

If the 20-something who opens Elon Musk’s mail decides, using his or her human intelligence or even AI, that my concerns are silly and just throws them out, these vulnerabilities will never reach him. Thus, no corrections will be made in time to prevent this attack from happening (potentially). This Substack is my effort to open a back channel to get these vulnerabilities to him and his security team.

Our Military Members were Once the Envy of the World

It has been a rapid transition from when my MIA Uncle 1st Lt. Frank J. Curley served in the United States Army Air Force to the the United States Air Force to the United States Space Force I knew. My Uncles Billy Curley and Ray Curley did their part to defend this nation in the U.S. Air Force, as have many of my cousins.

As my family has given Frank’s life and future for this nation, as one who has served in the United States Air Force, and as one who understands the genius of President Donald J. Trump’s creation of the United States Space Force and how critical it is to the future of this nation, I want the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility to be secure to protect Americans.

The U.S. Space Force, fundamentally, ceases to be effective if the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility is taken out. Hopefully, it can be hardened before it is attacked. The 50,000+ PLA soldiers who have invaded the U.S. are here on a mission. It is not hard to imagine, given the CCP/PLA strategic objective to conquer this nation, that taking out this facility is one of many objectives on their list.

Impossible you say? Then why is the CCP/PLA buying thousands of acres of farmland near U.S. Air Force bases while forbidding American purchases of Chinese farmland? Why is the CCP/PLA sending spy balloons into “secure” U.S. airspace?

If the CCP/PLA launch this attack on Starbase in coordination with a cyberattack against the U.S., and all indications are that they would, this will provide them with a force multiplier we may not be able to countermand. These Red Chinese sleeper cells are here now. It is only a matter of time before they are activated as in an attack on Starbase.

We no longer live in a world like Vietnam where a war lasts 13 years. This kind of attack would be over in 3 hours.

Who has the capability, motive, and opportunity to take out the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility? The Imperial Japanese Navy and Army gamed out the attack on Pearl Harbor years before it occurred.

Imagine the advantage the removal of Starbase means to CCP plans for world domination. A regime that takes out human organs from it’s own citizens while they are alive would have no problem taking out Starbase if they thought it would increase their power.

We can Only Prevent Disasters BEFORE they Happen

Let’s apply a core American tactical civil defense principal to it: Manmade disasters can only be permitted BEFORE they happen, not during or after.

Like all great men, Elon Musk has chinks in his armor. For example, he was recently interviewed by the famous podcaster Lex Friedman. Musk stated that he believed Taiwan (Formosa) historically belongs to Red China and will be another province of the Red Chinese empire again soon.

That is exactly the position of the CCP. But it is not true. Historically, Taiwan was not always part of China.

Not sure if Musk is blind to the Red Chinese threat that their ownership of Taiwan would result in, but the West economically and militarily, cannot survive without Taiwan or it’s microchips. All his businesses would be in risk of losing the lifeblood of all his products: microchips.

As serious would be the extension of Red China’s power to the outer islands and beyond to complete their Nine-Dash Line island power projection strategy.

That Musk does not realize that his industrial empire is going down if Red China invades and occupies Taiwan is stunning.

To understand Musk’s thinking about the potential of a PLA attack at the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility I turned to, where else, Grok, his alter ego.

Bruce Curley, @BruceCurley2

Is Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility vulnerable to PLA attack

Grok @grok

Well, it seems like you're concerned about the vulnerability of the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility to a potential attack by the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It's a valid concern, given the current geopolitical climate and the importance of the facility to SpaceX's operations. However, I must remind you that I am not privy to classified information, and my knowledge is limited to what is publicly available. That being said, let's take a look at the information we have.

First, it's essential to consider the location of the Boca Chica facility. It's situated in Texas, which is quite far from China. This geographical distance could make a direct attack logistically challenging. However, we cannot rule out the possibility of cyber attacks or other indirect methods of sabotage.

Second, it's worth noting that SpaceX has a strong relationship with the U.S. government, particularly the Department of Defense. This relationship could provide the facility with additional security measures and resources to protect against potential threats.

Lastly, while the PLA is undoubtedly a formidable force, it's important to remember that any act of aggression against the Boca Chica facility would have severe consequences for China, both politically and economically. It's in their best interest to maintain a peaceful relationship with the U.S. and avoid any actions that could escalate tensions.

In conclusion, while it's impossible to definitively determine the vulnerability of the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility to a PLA attack, it's safe to say that there are several factors that could deter such an attack from occurring.

So, I pray the scenario’s I have gamed are nonsense as Grok believes.

Still, let’s honor those who protected us by hardening the Boca Chica SpaceX Launch Facility so our children and grandchildren have a future.

My Uncle Frank Curley could not have imagined when he was at LaSalle High School in Philadelphia, PA that he would end up in a Pacific Ocean grave. I write this in hopes other American boys and girls do not meet unnecessary deaths due to hubris. My grandmother never recovered from the Frank’s early death in war. I don’t want other mother’s to lose their beautiful American children because we cannot see what our enemies plan and do not prepare accordingly.

Future Dust

"I'll never look like that!"
I said to myself when we were offloaded
from the Lakeland Air Force Base
Officer Training School bus
and heard the upperclassmen
bark orders at us, the arriving class,
and saw the triple rings under their eyes.

Six weeks later, I looked like that
as I stood at the attention outside my room
on Saturday Morning Inspection
as one upperclassman stood
outside my room looking at every detail
of my appearance for deviations
"Details will save your life!"
repeated by my teachers so often
it is forever burned into my mind,
and another ran over every detail in my room
from the folds in the mattress
to the spacing between my socks.

I broke after they left
to scan my demerits book
aware that so much depended
on my finally bringing those demerits down:
my graduation, the cohesion of my flight, honor,
the future of the United States of America.

And there it sat, like a turd
the inspector left behind
from his white-gloved hand:
"Future dust."

When the inspector returned
for questioning, I fired it right at him,
"What's 'future dust', Sir!?"
"I'd have had a perfect inspection
but for that demerit."

"Come over here, son!"
he said in a thick Southern drawl.
He opened the blinds to let in the sun
and pointed at the air.

"What's that!?" he said,
a thin grin opening on his face,
all the muscles in his future fighter pilot's body
preparing to press the red button on the joystick.

"Dust, Sir." I stated.
"Wrong, Officer Candidate Curley!!!
That's future dust!!!
In a few minutes it will land
on your desk and you failed to prevent it!!!
Therefore, you Sir, are guilty!!!
Guilty of letting down your flight!!!
Guilty of failing to prevent future dust!!!"
Three demerits. Good-bye!!!

As our teachers told us so many times,
they were preparing us for war.
Waging war has rules and surprises,
and surprises repeated often enough
become the rules of warfare.

Like future dust,
Or the future dust of a company
that fails to plan for the next bear market,
or the future dust of a family death,
or the future dust of the lack of preparation
for the next war and the deaths that will result,
or the dust of skyscrapers brought down

by fanatical jihadists,

or the future dust we will find
clogging the oxygen filters
of our interplanetary space ships.

So many years later,
I now know they were right.

We all must be eternally vigilant
to prevent future dust from landing,
if we are to have any chance at all
of a life in the space dust of the future.

Soft Feet Walk the Wet Green Grass at Arlington

Soft feet walk the wet green grass at Arlington,
Where a young mother cradles her baby and two sons,
Weeping softly in death-caused grief and pain
As her warrior husband is interred and remembered.
Many sing praises of his courage, bravery, and strength
Under enemy fire in fierce battles in foreign lands.
She feels the baby move at her neck and cry out,
Hungry for food but unaware of the greater hunger.
The mother hears more words of praise from the chaplain,
She tries to maintain, but the knot of grief grabs her throat.
She sees the two boys fidgeting and looking about
And wonders how she will explain their father to them one day.
Her pain is now to a degree she knows as few do
The sword that has pierced her heart can never be removed
In this lifetime, and will stay with her until her own death:
Until then there are three children who must be raised.
As Christ hung on a Cross and Mary saw her son taken
So the Holy Spirit could be revealed to the human race,
This mother must protect, nourish, love, and kindle
The spirit of these children co-created with her husband.
The wind blows and she looks up to see a man with a flag
Telling her how grateful the nation is for her husband’s sacrifice.
She knows now what every warrior’s widow must know,
The truth of his life work that became his mission:
His love for her was the reason he was willing to die,
That sacrificial love is the reason these children live.
She cradles the baby and flag, takes the boys hands,
Stands and walks, despite the grief, to her destiny and duty.
November 14, 2017

Screaming Like a Banshee

My wife screams like a banshee

to cover wailing with neutral sound

when my toddler Eamon fights her

and refuses to take a nap.

I hear Grandmom Curley screamed

like a banshee when the telegram arrived

from the War Department in 1945

to tell her the oldest, Frank, the one

who was supposed to be the Jesuit,

instead had been killed in action

when the Japanese ack-ack

turned his B-24 into a fireball

on his 39th mission over Haha Jima

in an ocean grave in the South Pacific.

Grandmom Curley screamed

like a banshee for weeks

until they hooked her up

and shot electricity through her brain

to cover wailing with neutral sound.

She never screamed like a banshee again.

Instead, she wailed so deep down for 20 years

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published

because the hole in her heart was so vast,

laughter was no longer a planet in her galaxy

and the only way people would describe her was,

“She was never the same after Frank died in the Pacific.”

My Letter to Elon Musk Re: First Principal Risk to Starbase

Monday, February 26, 2024

Mr. Elon Musk

c/o Tesla, Inc.

3500 Deer Creek Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304 United States

Dear Mr. Musk,

SpaceX and Starbase are national treasures. I have been following them since 2008. For example, here is a blog post I did about them then. https://poetslife.blogspot.com/search?q=spacex

I have been a professional civil defense strategist and volunteer for 40 years. I provide references on the next page so you can verify my background.

While looking at Starbase from above, I have noted several security vulnerabilities. No doubt your security people have as well, but I just wanted to game it out.

2. Drone Swarms: The CCP/PLA has proven gifted at manufacturing military-grade drones, especially tiny ones that cannot be detected. They could use these to swarm your facilities and do much damage.

3. Large Truck Detonation: Given that Highway 4 crosses your facility so closely, it would be easy for these same CCP/PLA teams to drive up a megaton explosive capability to destroy Starbase.

My thanks for creating a future that inspires me, my children, and my grandchildren.

With Deep Respect,

Bruce Vincent Joseph Curley

Mr. Bruce Curley

139 Cheswick Drive

Martinsburg, WV 25403-7335

Failed to render LaTeX expression — no expression found

P.S. Homer Hickam, West Virginia native of Rocketboy book and October Sky movie fame, like you, has inspired millions of young people about rockets and space. He is a big admirer of yours. Given his remarkable rocket work, and his age of 77 years old, maybe you can invite him to a Starbase launch while he is still alive.

https://twitter.com/realhomerhickam

BRUCE CURLEY

301 325 7936

American Tactical Civil Defense