Musk Floats ‘Starbase’ Name Change for Texas Launch Town
- SpaceX has approached officials about incorporating Boca Chica
- ‘Sending a tweet doesn’t make it so,’ county judge says
The SpaceX Starship Hopper test vehicle under construction near Boca Chica, Texas.
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Elon Musk is eyeing a name change for Boca Chica, Texas, the Gulf Coast community where his Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is building its futuristic deep-space rocket.
“Creating the city of Starbase, Texas,” Musk tweeted Tuesday. “From thence to Mars, And hence the Stars.”