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

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.