Musk wants to turn Texas base where he launches rockets into new city

Billionaire Elon Musk ‘s company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase into an incorporated city
Musk wants to turn Texas base where he launches rockets into new city

Elon Musk wants to turn his rocket launch headquarters into a city. Picture: Eric Gay/AP

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city.

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.

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