Texas residents vote to rename community near SpaceX launch site Starbase
- Texas has a new city named Starbase, located near the SpaceX launch site.
- Voters overwhelmingly supported the move to make Starbase an independent city.
- Starbase spans approximately 1.5 square miles at the southern tip of Texas.
- The vote was a significant victory for Elon Musk and SpaceX amidst recent backlash.
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Welcome to Starbase: SpaceX launch site is approved as new city in Texas
McALLEN, Texas — The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved by a lopsided margin among the small group of voters who live there and are mostly Musk’s employees at SpaceX. With all the votes in, the tally was 212 in favor to 6 against, according to results published online by the Cameron County Elections Depa…
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