Starbase is where SpaceX has been conducting many of its test launches, located in Boca Chica, Texas. However, that last part might not last long as the company is now petitioning to make the private space firm’s industrial site its own city.
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00:00Starbase is where SpaceX has been conducting many of its test launches, located in Boca
00:08Chica, Texas.
00:09However, that last part might not last long, as the company is now petitioning to make
00:14the private space firm's industrial site its own city.
00:17They submitted the paperwork to local authorities only recently, asking to have Starbase be
00:22incorporated into its own town, with SpaceX writing as part of that submission to continue
00:26growing the workforce necessary to rapidly develop and manufacture Starship.
00:31We need the ability to grow Starbase as a community.
00:34According to the company, thousands of personnel already live on site and generate quote, hundreds
00:38of millions in income and taxes for local businesses and government.
00:42Now county judges will have to review the petition and verify that incorporating a Starbase
00:46city will comply with all state and local requirements.
00:49They will also need to hold an election to finalize leadership for the new municipality.
00:54Starbase has had a busy year with test launches, with its next set for January 2025.
00:59The launch will include yet another booster rocket recovery at that very launch site.