The Texas SpaceX launch site is now officially the city of Starbase—a real, incorporated municipality created to fulfill Elon Musk’s out-of-this-world ambitions. Texans may now have neighbors who commute by rocket, pay taxes to Mars, and host city council meetings surrounded by launch pads. SpaceX Starbase city is a reality.

Of the 283 eligible voters in Starbase, 212 backed Elon Musk’s cosmic experiment, while protesters like Natalia Salinas wielded Musk piñatas and activists battled for Boca Chica Beach access. Now, South Texas headlines read like science fiction—and the “SpaceX city” is real.