The new project of the CEO of SpaceX will take over the city of Boca Chica, where Elon Musk builds his Starship rocket.
March 3, 2021
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If anyone has the ability to surprise the world with his ambitious projects, it is Elon Musk. The billionaire announced that he is building a new city in Texas what will be called Star base, around your company’s rocket launch site. SpaceX.
Accustomed to provoke agitation by writing only a few words, Musk published in Twitter what is it “Creating the city Starbase, Texas ”.
He later alluded to his plan to colonize the red planet, suggesting that Starbase it would just be the beginning to move on. “From there to Mars. And from here the Stars “, detailed CEO of Tesla.
From there to Mars,
And from here the Stars.– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2021
The tycoon, who is currently the second richest person in the world, stressed that his city will occupy an area “much bigger” what the Boca Chica, a site that hosts a launch site SpaceX and where the company builds its rocket Starship.
Elon Musk He shared some features that his new city would have, such as being dog-friendly. He also suggested that it be directed by “Doges”, which can be interpreted in two ways.
On the one hand, it is a reference to the Doges, former rulers of Venice and Genoa. He could also talk about Dogecoin, criptomoneda Inspired by the “Cheems” meme that Musk has been supporting for a long time, which would be more interesting.
Eddie Treviño, a judge in Cameron County, Texas, confirmed this SpaceX informed the authorities of the intention to Elon Musk: to incorporate Boca Chica to the city Star base. The official mentioned that the tycoon and his company must comply with all the constitutive acts of the state and specified that the county will process any petition in accordance with the law.
The 49-year-old billionaire is determined to convert Texas in its main base of operations. In addition to the launch center in Boca Chica, SpaceX has a missile testing facility in McGregor and plans to build a factory in Austin. In July 2020, it was announced that the next gigafactory of adze would have built on the outskirts of Austin.
In December last year, Musk confirmed that he would move from California to Texas and, at the same time, auctioned off all his properties in Los Angeles to finance his colonization project on Mars.