Indonesia wants Elon Musk to build a ‘space island’ on Biak – but why are Papuan residents against President Joko Widodo’s SpaceX launch pad idea?

• Musk’s other company Tesla is also discussing investments with Indonesian officials aimed at securing supplies of valuable copper and nickel
• SpaceX’s Starship and Starlink projects currently use US launch sites, but Russia’s aerospace agency, Roscosmos, is also sizing up a launch pad on Biak island