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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Texas town home to SpaceX renamed 'Starbase'

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Texas town home to SpaceX renamed 'Starbase'

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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months ago
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Texas town home to SpaceX renamed 'Starbase' – DW – 05/04/2025
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Residents in the Texan town voted in favor of turning Elon Musk's Starbase into a city. The move separates the town from Cameron County, which previously rejected plans to build more housing for SpaceX employees.

For a nice historical view on company towns in the US -> Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns

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    Aren’t starbases supposed to be, ya know, out in the stars?

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      Yea, they should just be named Base.

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        This base is outside the environment.

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          In a regulatory sense it is.

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        Terrestrially Tethered Base

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        are belong to us

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      yup. should name it starport.

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          starportie potty

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      It’s a Texas thing, you wouldn’t understand.

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      Can’t wait for Phony Stark to go to Mars and establish a Starbase there.

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