Elon Musk’s SpaceX has a company town in Texas after residents in the area voted to create the new municipality on Saturday.
On May 3, voters approved a measure that allowed SpaceX to incorporate its South Texas rocket launch site as a new city called Starbase. The voters, mostly SpaceX employees who have moved out to the roughly 1.5 square mile area in Cameron County, approved the small city for Musk’s company by 212 votes in favor to 6 against, according to the Cameron County Elections Department.
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