Billionaire Elon Musk 's company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase - the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets - into an incorporated city. Residents of the area known as Starbase submitted the petition. The area is on the southern tip of Texas at Boca Chica Beach, near the Mexican border.
Billionaire Elon Musk 's company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase - the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets - into an incorporated city. Residents of the area known as Starbase submitted the petition. The area is on the southern tip of Texas at Boca Chica Beach, near the Mexican border.