Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site in Texas on its war to become the city of Starbase

The Tesla CEO rejoiced with the news and posted on X, “Starbase, Texas is now a real city!”

Starbase is the facility and launch site for Musk's rocket program, which is under contract with the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It hopes to send astronauts back to the moon and, one day, to Mars as well.

The Texas base was launched in 2019, and the idea of Starbase was floated by Elon Musk in 2021, a report from The Associated Press said. Of the 283 eligible voters at the ballot were SpaceX employees at the Boca Chica Bay site bordering Mexico, or those who had connections to the company.

Musk confirmed the news of Starbase becoming a real city after polls closed and Cameron County published unofficial results. Remi Garza, Cameron County election coordinator, told AFP that Elon Musk registered himself to vote as well.