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As part of the incorporation election voters also chose elected officials to run the new city including its new mayor Bobby Peden a SpaceX vice president and two city commissioners

On one building a huge mural depicts a colony on Mars which Mr Musk hopes to reach

In Starbase that was about 280 people most of whom work for SpaceX or have a relative who does

The city boundaries snake around SpaceX owned land including vacant parcels suggesting opportunities for further growth

Ad Astra is within the city but the testing site is outside the city limits

Under state law a new city can be incorporated after a certain number of residents file a petition and a majority of voters approve it

In some places SpaceX is already building more than a dozen larger homes and planning retail businesses including a grocery store and cafe

Only registered voters who live within its proposed boundaries are able to take part in the election

Much more appears planned including outside the city boundaries which could be expanded via voluntary annexation

SpaceX closes the public beach during launches with county approval angering some residents

Space X used its launch pad to test and launch larger rockets starting around 2019

Portions of the two-lane highway are closed during launches

There are Airstream trailers modular homes and some larger houses

Here are the company's rocket manufacturing facility and offices which have also grown quickly

A bill that would have allowed Starbase to approve beach closures failed last month

Texas State Highway 4 is the only road in and out of Starbase

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