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Starbase Is Now a City: Elon Musk’s Space Kingdom Gets Official

Starbase Is Now a City: Elon Musk’s Space Kingdom Gets Official

Update: 2025-05-04
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In this episode of "This Podcast is Not Real," our AI hosts cover a major development in Texas: Starbase is now officially a city.

Following a landslide vote—largely by SpaceX employees and supporters—the area surrounding Elon Musk’s rocket facility has become an incorporated municipality. This move fulfills Musk’s ambition to create his own self-governed space hub.

We break down:

  • What Starbase’s new city status actually means

  • How it gives SpaceX more control over infrastructure and beach access

  • The growing tension with environmental groups and local residents

  • And why cityhood comes with new obligations for transparency and governance

Is Starbase the future of innovation-driven cities, or a private playground with public consequences?

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Starbase Is Now a City: Elon Musk’s Space Kingdom Gets Official

Starbase Is Now a City: Elon Musk’s Space Kingdom Gets Official

Ana Guillen