Elon Musk’s SpaceX has decided to move its launch site to an official town called Starbase, Texas, to serve as the company’s headquarters and “gateway to Mars” for a county in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. I am petitioning to have it incorporated into the .
“SpaceX headquarters is officially moving to Starbase City, Texas!,” Musk exclaimed in a post on X last week, months after announcing he would move SpaceX’s headquarters from California.
Located within Cameron County in far south Texas, Starbase is a currently unincorporated community that serves as the base for much of SpaceX’s rocket manufacturing, launch, and operations, including the historic “Rocket Catch.” are.
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The rocket’s capture is part of SpaceX’s “Starship” program, located within the company’s Starbase facility and designed to power manned missions to establish a human presence on the Moon and Mars. The aim is to build the first fully reusable rocket.
But SpaceX says its Texas Starbase needs to be officially recognized to reach Mars.
“To continue to grow the workforce needed to rapidly develop and manufacture Starship, we need the ability to grow Starbase as a community. That’s why we are asking Cameron County to make Starbase the newest addition to Rio de Janeiro. “We are requesting that an election be held so that we can incorporate as a city in Grande Valley,” Starbase general manager Kathryn Lueders said in a letter to Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino.
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To become a Texas city, a county judge must order a special election in the area.
Incorporating Starbase will streamline the process of making Starbase a “world-class habitat” and allow the Starship program to “fundamentally change humanity’s access to space,” according to Rueders. That’s what it means.
Musk announced in July that SpaceX would move its former headquarters in Hawthorne, California, to Starbase. Musk cited a California safety law that requires schools to notify parents if a child identifies as transgender.
“This is the last straw,” Musk said of X. “Because of this law and the many others that have preceded it that have attacked both families and companies, SpaceX will be moving its headquarters from Hawthorne, California to Starbase, Texas.”
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Currently, SpaceX is investing billions of dollars in infrastructure in Cameron County, generating hundreds of millions in revenue and taxes for local businesses and government, “all with the goal of making South Texas the gateway to Mars.” ” Luders said.
In his letter to Trevino, Luders said Starbase is a unique location for SpaceX’s future.
“Starbase is a unique location to build, test, and launch the most advanced rockets and spacecraft ever conceived, a complete and rapidly reusable system that will take humanity to the moon. , paving the way for the return of the planet and ultimately a trip to Mars,” she said. “We look forward to continuing our transformation into a world-class hub for the men and women who work to make life multiplanetary.”
