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Starbase will take partial control of beach near Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site

The deal between the new South Texas city and Cameron County mirrors a similar agreement with South Padre Island and requires a plan to combat beach erosion.

The Texas Tribune

SpaceX Successfully Tests Starship After Delays, Elon Musk Says 2027 Version Will Be A 'Significantly Longer Ship'

SpaceX has successfully conducted the 10th launch test of the company's flagship rocket, Starship, from the company's headquarters in Starbase, Texas, after repeated delays.

Benzinga

SpaceX's New Company Town Considers Adopting NIMBY Zoning Code

Starbase, Texas, is rushing to restrict development in the newly incorporated city.

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Texas Legislature gives new city of Starbase authority to shut down local beach for SpaceX launches

Local organizations strongly opposed the measure, hosting phone banking events to urge lawmakers to vote against the bill.

The Texas Tribune

Starbase, Texas' newest city, has liftoff; seeks $1.5 million loan from Elon Musk’s SpaceX

City leaders held their first public meetings this week since voters approved the South Texas city’s incorporation.

The Texas Tribune

Elon Musk's SpaceX company town is reportedly notifying residents they may 'lose the right to continue' using their property amid zoning push

The city of Starbase was approved earlier this month by residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees.

Fortune

Home of Musk's SpaceX Proposes Changing Town So That Property Owners 'May Lose the Right' to Use Their Land: Report

Elon Musk's company town Starbase may strip property owners of land-use rights under a new zoning plan, sparking concerns about privatized control.

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SpaceX reached space with Starship Flight 9 launch, then lost control of its giant spaceship (video)

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the ninth time ever today (May 27), on a bold test flight that featured the first-ever significant reuse of Starship hardware.

Space

Starbase could shut down Boca Chica Beach more frequently under Texas legislation

The Texas Senate agreed Friday to make it easier for the new city, home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to shutter the beach during rocket launches.

The Texas Tribune

Elon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees vote to create ‘Starbase’

Residents – most of them SpaceX workers – in remote Texas community approve plan to create new city

The Guardian - US

Everything we know about the 3 people who want to run Starbase, Texas’ next city

All three — running unopposed — have longstanding connections with SpaceX, Elon Musk’s company headquartered in South Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Elon Musk on verge of creating his own Texas city, Starbase

There are creeping concerns the move will give the SpaceX CEO too much control in the area

The Independent UK

Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?

City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or fire, and how to tax residents.

The Texas Tribune

South Texas county leaders will lose some authority over SpaceX launches under new bill

The lawmakers behind the bill promised there would not be an increase in the number of days the beach is closed.

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The Independent UK

Texas county approves holding election to make SpaceX's Starbase its own city

South Texas residents living near SpaceX will soon decide whether they'll be officially recognized as Starbase, Texas

The Independent UK

Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX site in Texas into his own city

SpaceX has formally petitioned a Texas county to start the process for becoming a city

Bangkok Post

Giant SpaceX rocket left craters, serious damage to launchpad

STARBASE, United States: Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship -- the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built -- inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.

InsideEVs

Tesla Cybertruck Will "Cross Rivers, Lakes And Even Seas," Musk Says

The Cybertruck "needs (to) be able to get from Starbase to South Padre Island, which requires crossing the channel," Musk referred to a 6.5-mile trip on water.

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