The tech mogul has long sought to reimagine the area around Boca Chica Beach where SpaceX is developing its giant Starship rocket as a company town. Now, residents of the 1.45-square-mile coastal ...

Residents of Boca Chica Village, Brownsville, Port Isabel, and South Padre Island talk about how SpaceX, Elon Musk, and Starbase are changing the area.

Starbase, Texas: SpaceX company town poised to become state's newest city. Elon Musk and SpaceX have long wanted to rename and have more control over the coastal village. Now, voters are deciding.

The Starship experienced a “major anomaly” before starting its 10th flight test. Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket has a ...

SpaceX officials have said little about exactly why they want a company town and did not respond to ... in 2024 with the request to get the city issue on the ballot. The letter said the company ...

South Texans declare victory in preserving beach access over SpaceX But activists are still working to oppose SpaceX from making Starbase a company town. By Andrea Guzmán , Texas Brands Reporter ...

SpaceX officials have said little about exactly why they to want a company town and did not respond to emailed requests for comment. “We need the ability to grow Starbase as a community ...

It will also, in effect, be a company town. Its first mayor, Bobby Peden, is a SpaceX vice president. He and the town’s two commissioners, who are also tied to SpaceX, all ran unopposed for office.

Buss, a senior director of Environmental Health and Safety for SpaceX, has worked at the company since 2023. That year, he made a $600 political contribution to the SpaceX PAC.

Micah SpaceX hasn't really said a whole lot about what it wants to do with Starbase from here, but why does it want the area to be a town in its own right rather than just a place the company ...

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 ...