SpaceX Wants Starbase To Become an Official City In Texas

SpaceX has filed a petition to incorporate its Starbase facility in South Texas as a new city, aiming to streamline infrastructure development and support the growing workforce needed for Starship production and testing. Space.com reports: 'To continue growing the workforce necessary to rapidly develop and manufacture Starship, we need the ability to grow Starbase as a community,' SpaceX said in the petition, which was shared in a post on X (formally Twitter). 'That is why we are requesting that Cameron County call an election to enable the incorporation of Starbase as the newest city in the Rio Grande Valley.'

The petition was addressed to Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr., the county's top elected official. The next step will be for officials to review the petition to determine if it complies with statutory requirements. Then, an election would be held to incorporate Starbase. With Starship expected to 'fundamentally alter humanity's access to space,' SpaceX aims to make the area of the Starbase launch site the 'Gateway to Mars,' the company wrote in the petition. 'Incorporating Starbase will streamline the processes required to build the amenities necessary to make the area a world class place to live -- for hundreds already calling it home, as well as for prospective workers eager to help build humanity's future in space,' SpaceX officials said in the petition.

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