A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up

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Sally Schultz thought she had struck gold when she purchased land in Rio Rancho Estates, an unincorporated, census-designated community just outside the city of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. A single mother of four, Schultz came there following a divorce to build a homestead of her own and finally gain some stability in her life.

莎莉·舒尔茨（Sally Schultz）在购买了新墨西哥州里奥兰乔市外一个名为里奥兰乔庄园（Rio Rancho Estates）的非建制人口普查指定社区的土地时，以为自己挖到了金矿。作为四个孩子的单身母亲，舒尔茨在离婚后搬到这里，旨在建立自己的家园，并最终获得生活上的稳定。

For $3,500, she was able to purchase half an acre for her trailer in a rural area located close to numerous elementary schools and parks. In a relatively short time, she was able to coax crops like corn, squash, and green chile from the ground. This cheap land became Schultz’s haven, giving her a second chance at life. Then a missile company showed up next door.

她以3500美元的价格在靠近多所小学和公园的农村地区购买了半英亩土地，用于安置她的拖车。在相对较短的时间内，她成功种出了玉米、南瓜和青辣椒等作物。这片廉价的土地成了舒尔茨的避风港，给了她第二次生命的机会。然而，一家导弹公司出现在了隔壁。

“We’ve already been through so much,” she says, “and now we have to leave. It is the unknowing that is scariest.” Castelion, a startup founded in November 2022 by three former SpaceX executives, is building Project Ranger, which it claims will be America’s “largest dedicated hypersonic manufacturing production facility.” Construction is set to be complete by the end of the year.

“我们已经经历了太多，”她说，“现在我们不得不离开。最可怕的是未知。”Castelion是一家由三名前SpaceX高管于2022年11月创立的初创公司，目前正在建设“游骑兵计划”（Project Ranger），该公司声称这将是美国“最大的专用高超音速制造生产设施”。该设施预计将于今年年底完工。

The company’s chosen site for its mega-campus is, in some cases, it appears, a little more than 1,000 yards away from roughly 450 properties in Rio Rancho Estates, including Schultz’s. That puts the homes squarely within a danger zone should any explosive chemicals stored onsite catch fire.

该公司为其大型园区选定的地点，在某些情况下，距离里奥兰乔庄园约450处房产（包括舒尔茨的房产）似乎仅有1000多码。如果现场储存的任何爆炸性化学品起火，这些住宅将直接处于危险区域内。

A year into Castelion’s relationship with the state of New Mexico, the company—which declined to speak with WIRED for this story—still hasn’t answered basic safety questions, even as an official hazard assessment found buildings would simply be left to burn in the case of fire, releasing hydrochloric acid gas into the air. Emails between the company and Rio Rancho officials reviewed by WIRED also show Castelion was negotiating fire safety standards even after construction was well underway.

在Castelion与新墨西哥州建立合作关系一年后，该公司（拒绝就本文接受《连线》杂志采访）仍未回答基本的安全问题。尽管一份官方危害评估报告显示，一旦发生火灾，建筑物将只能任其燃烧，并将盐酸气体释放到空气中。《连线》杂志查阅的该公司与里奥兰乔官员之间的电子邮件还显示，即使在施工进展顺利的情况下，Castelion仍在就消防安全标准进行谈判。

“I live next door to where World War III will be manufactured,” says local resident Laura Lundberg.

“我住在第三次世界大战将被制造出来的地方隔壁，”当地居民劳拉·伦德伯格（Laura Lundberg）说。