Is a world like Cyberpunk 2077 possible? Well, it
just might be. In this video, you will find out about Elon Musk’s dream city, Starbase, and his
likely fallout with Texas municipal authorities. On Tuesday the second of March, the SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk revealed
his intentions of building a city in Texas. This was shown in a tweet, and what better
name to give a futuristic city than Starbase? Now, Elon hasn’t made any press statement on his
intentions regarding the matter, but his one-liner tweets appear to mean serious business. The tweet
read: Creating the city of Starbase, Texas. We know Elon intends to create a settlement on
Mars using the Starship currently being built at the Boca Chica SpaceX facility to launch us
into Mars, and Starbase might play a key role. So far, SpaceX has a facility in Boca Chica,
Texas. The SpaceX South Texas launch site, also known as the Boca Chica launch
site, is a private production facility, test site, and spaceport constructed by SpaceX.
Its stated purpose was to provide SpaceX an exclusive launch site that would allow the
company to accommodate its launch manifest and meet tight launch windows. Initially, the site
was intended to support launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles as well as a
variety of reusable suborbital launch vehicles’ however in 2019, SpaceX announced a
change of plans, stating that the launch site would be used ‘exclusively’ for SpaceX’s
next-generation launch vehicle, the ‘Starship’. Musk’s subsequent tweets would confirm his
intentions: From hence to Mars and thence the stars. A later tweet revealed a photo
of his girlfriend, Grimes, and his son, X AE A-XII (pronounced X Ash A Twelve)
out in the open somewhere at Boca Chica. Although the specifics of his plans are
rather unclear, the billionaire moved from his home residence in California
to Boca Chica, Texas, late last year. Boca Chica is a small town
along the gulf coast of Texas. We know the area to be an unincorporated town
on the state’s southern tip, near Brownsville. There, SpaceX has been carrying out tests on
prototypes of starship rockets since 2014. In a subsequent tweet, however, tech
billionaire Elon mentions that the city would be built on an ‘area much
larger than the plant at Boca Chica’. Elon Musk is definitely a strategist. To have
chosen Boca Chica as his city’s location, then there must be something strategic about the
small village. Given the fact that Boca Chica lacks some basic amenities such as a potable
water system, it would be surprising to some that Elon Musk would decide to choose that
same village as his proposed Starbase site. Apart from the fact that his Starship
rocket building and test-launching site is, Musk chose Boca Chica because the area surrounding
the village has methane-rich oil wells. One of SpaceX’s Limited Liabilities
Companies – Lone Star Mineral Development, got an oil and gas lease for two of such
previously inactive oil wells. While Lone Star (SpaceX’s subsidiary) bought the lease for the
oil wells from Sanchez Oil and Gas Corporation, another oil and gas company – Dallas
Petroleum Group claims ownership of the wells and took Elon Musk’s Lone Star Mineral
Development to court. While we leave the case to lawyers and judges to settle, let’s examine the
intended purpose of Elon Musk’s Starbase city. Although not much has been heard from the
billionaire about when the development would commence and what Starbase City would cover, there
have been speculations regarding why Elon wants to have this sweet spot at Boca Chica renamed.
Questions are popping everywhere with curious media buzz: Is he building a colony? Would
it be a futuristic city with high tech like the cyberpunk 2077 game? Some might even believe
the whole idea to be a rip-off from Star Wars. Or could Elon be the real Darth Vader? Our best guess is that Elon’s Starbase would be a
megacity for the expansion of SpaceX operations. It will probably be private property
for SpaceX workers to do whatever it is space engineers do. It might also include
some sort of never-before-seen amusement park featuring insane technology that should
make life awesome for residents of the area. Now about the Starship currently undergoing
construction back at SpaceX facility, Boca Chica. The Starship will be a fully reusable transport
system capable of carrying up to one-hundred people to Mars. On Wednesday, March 3rd,
SN10 successfully completed SpaceX’s third high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype
from their site in Cameron County, Texas. So, Elon’s plans appear to be a pretty big
deal. This is no mere fuss. It looks like he does want to build a city that would launch
humanity into Mars and thence…the stars. For that to become a reality, though, there
are a few things SpaceX would have to do. There are procedures to be succumbed to if anyone
would like to build a city or have one renamed. To create a new city, SpaceX would have to
get the local residents to sign a petition. This petition would be submitted to the county
judge, who would then order an election on whether the municipality should be incorporated. If
the election is successful, the city would have the power to create its own laws and other
ordinances. That would mean Starbase is a ‘go’. Something not a lot of folks know is that
when SpaceX first got to Boca Chica in 2014, there were only six permanent residents
due to the fact that many left the community after it was seriously
devastated by a hurricane in 1967. However, as of June of last year, there were 600
SpaceX workers there. And, as of March this year, SpaceX had about 1,800 resident workers in
the area. What happened to the six permanent residents? Well, SpaceX paid them off, making
it possible for Elon to startup Starbase city. Word on the net is that SpaceX representatives
have reached out to the judge’s office in Cameron County, somewhere around Boca Chica. There, Elon’s
plans were made known, but here’s where things get a little funny. According to Judge Eddie
Trevino jr. of Cameron County, Elon’s tweet came a few days after his office was contacted by
SpaceX representatives. From the tone of things, it looked like they were just asking casually. A
statement from Trevino says: “If SpaceX and Elon Musk would like to pursue down this path, they
must abide by all state incorporation statutes. Cameron County will process any inappropriate
petitions in conformity with applicable law”. We guess this is judge Trevino’s way
of asking Elon not to get over himself. Well, we’ll see how that turns out Judge Trev. The idea of a futuristic city is pretty lit. From
the Starship currently undergoing development at the SpaceX, Texas, to the proposed Starbase
city and a likely battle between Mr. Musk and state authorities, it’s hard to say the
billionaire hasn’t had his hands on a pretty hot plate. But again, this is Elon we’re talking
about here so; we’ll just have to wait it out. To folks out there, what do you think
Elon plans on doing with Starbase? And for Star Wars fans, what are your thoughts
about having a giant Starship being built? That’s it on today’s video. Be sure
to drop your thoughts in the comments. Till the next video, thanks for watching.
