The area where the base of Spacexthe aerospace company of Elon Musk, It has officially become a city called ‘Starbase‘, despite the opposition of environmental groups.
County officers of Cameron (Texas), in the southern border of the USAthey certified on Tuesday the results of local elections in early May where he won the yes in favor of creating the New city.
“With a local government, we are excited to create the best city for our community,” he wrote Starbase In your platform X account, also owned by Muskin reaction to the decision.
In the elections they only had the opportunity to vote the 283 residents of Boca Chica Villagean unbuilt -up area of the county of Cameron where workers of Spacex. Most of them (212) voted in favor of creating the city of ‘Starbase‘.
In the elections it was also chosen as mayor to the vice president of launches of Spacex, Bobby Pedenand two other employees of the company Musk As commissioners, according to local media.
The creation of this new city gives the company of Musk greater control over the area, near a Reserve and National Park and located on the banks of the Gulf of Mexicorenamed the president, Donald Trump, as Gulf of America.
The tycoon and key figure in the Trump government has sought for years get rid of environmental restrictions and federal that They regulate rocket releases from Spacex.
With support from the Republican Party of Texasthe State Senate approved a law that will allow to the authorities of the new city of Starbase close one Beach in Boca Chicaa power that corresponds to the county.
IT’S Official: Starbase is now an incorporated City in Texas. With Local Governance in Place, We Are Excited to Continue Building The Best City for Our Community.
– Starbasetx (@starbasetx) May 20, 2025
Several environmental groups in the region have expressed their discontent with the activities of Starbaseensuring that they threaten the indigenous population of the area and destroy “Dozens of natural habitat acres“, According to the Environmental Justice Network of Southern Texas in a statement.
In early May, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US Spacex To make up to 25 launches every year of your rocket Starship.
In total, Spacex has made eight test flights of the Starship. During the last two, in January and March of this year, part of the rocket exploded and the debris fell into different parts of the Caribbean.
In January, before taking possession of TrumpFAA asked Spacex to investigate the causes of the explosion of the Starship. The tycoon then criticized the agency hard, accusing her of overcoming her functions as a regulatory.
Now, taking advantage of the influence it has within the Trump administrationMusk has been in charge of imposing reprisals in FAA, including a Budget reduction and pressures for the agency to withdraw the barriers to its plans to Spacexas detailed by an American media investigation PROPUBLIC.