SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk's space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state.
But a Reuters review of Texas property records show that SpaceX and its contractors can be far slower to pay builders and suppliers than they are to break ground.
Unpaid bills and finger-pointing among contractors, Reuters found, have led many construction-industry businesses to file liens against SpaceX properties to try to get compensated.