A Bronze Prometheus Rises Near Starbase

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This giant Prometheus going up near Starbase is rad! Exhibit A for our new age of Art Deco optimism.

Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎@JoeTegtmeyer

Just outside Starbase, a 50-foot bronze Prometheus is going up!

Not a SpaceX commission. Not paid for by Elon Musk.

French foundry Atelier Missor cast it in sections near Paris, shipped it across the Atlantic, and is assembling it on private land near the entrance for about a million dollars of their own money.

In the myth, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. Here he holds that torch toward the same sky Starship is built to punch through.

The legs are engineered for a Gulf hurricane: stainless tubes, 14 inches across, half-inch walls.

Ancient titan. Modern launch site. Same idea … don’t accept the ceiling.

A man in a black cap and “MADE IN STARBASE, TX” shirt stands before a giant bronze statue under construction
A giant bronze Prometheus statue lies on pallets at an outdoor worksite as workers assemble it
Two workers talk beside the reflective bronze statue and yellow scaffolding
Aerial view of the bronze Prometheus statue surrounded by workers and equipment at the worksite
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