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A South Texas community, mostly made up of SpaceX employees, voted 212 to 6 in favor of establishing a new city called Starbase.
Now, the overwhelming majority of voters—many of whom are SpaceX employees or relatives of the aerospace company's employees—have made it official. Starbase is a Type-C municipality, a ...
Starbase is Elon Musk's city in Texas for SpaceX employees. Here's the lowdown on its history, government, and controversy.
Starbase, the headquarters of Elon Musk's SpaceX, is officially a Texas city. Residents voted in favor of its incorporation in Saturday's election.
"I think it's clear in this example that most of the reasons are being provided by SpaceX," Bojorquez said of the possible motivations behind seeking incorporation.
With the incorporation of Starbase, the area now has a city council, mayor and commissioners. Voters unanimously elected a mayor, Bobby Peden, who works for SpaceX, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Mostly SpaceX employees overwhelmingly voted in favor of incorporating Starbase, the home to the aerospace company, as a Texas city.
Elon Musk's influence extends beyond federal government to local Texas bureaucracy, where residents voted to incorporate ...
Development at SpaceX’s new city of Starbase is moving ahead after residents voted overwhelmingly Saturday to approve its incorporation. A new state filing shows the commercial space company is ...
Nearly everyone who lives at Starbase also works there. And they voted to make Elon Musk's SpaceX launch site a company town.
Elon Musk and SpaceX’s proposed city of Starbase will likely be Texas’ newest community as Cameron County residents vote on its incorporation.