Elon Musk’s SpaceX is converting oil rigs into spaceports for Mars-bound Starship Anthony Cuthbertson 3 days ago 50 women who broke barriers in the music industry Trudeau co-opts Sanders meme to urge Canadians from traveling SpaceX has acquired two offshore oil rigs that it is in the process of converting into spaceports for its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft, according to reports. The rigs, renamed Deimos and Phoibos after the two moons of Mars, cost $3.5 million (£2.6m) each after the previous owner filed for bankruptcy, Spaceflight’s Michael Baylor reported. © Provided by The Independent The oil rigs were confirmed by aerospace and launch photographer Jack Beyer, who posted photos of their transformation to Twitter on Tuesday. Work on the rigs is taking place in the Port of Brownsville near SpaceX’s Boca Chica facility in Texas where the Starship craft is being developed. SpaceX, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, currently uses drone ships to land its co