The residential buildings in the existing part of Snailbrook are small, more reminiscent of barracks, but are still larger and, with their small front gardens, more comfortable than what Musk is planning 500 meters to the northeast. Here, plans submitted to local authorities under the name “Project Amazing” show that he wants to build 110 residential buildings for employees in a very small space. The streets are named after Boring drilling technology and are called Cutterhead Crossing, Waterjet Way and Porpoise Place.
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In addition, a new school that works according to the Montessori principle is to be built on one of the adjacent plots. In 2014, because he was dissatisfied with his sons’ school, the billionaire quickly founded his own – under the name Ad Astra. What initially started as face-to-face classes for eight students is now, according to the local newspaper “Austin Statesman,” Astra Nova a purely online school for 185 children, especially children whose parents work for the space company SpaceX. Musk is also said to be planning to open his own university nearby.