Starbase Is Now a City: Elon Musk’s Space Kingdom Gets Official

In this episode of "This Podcast is Not Real," our AI hosts cover a major development in Texas: Starbase is now officially a city.Following a landslide vote—largely by SpaceX employees and supporters—the area surrounding Elon Musk’s rocket facility has become an incorporated municipality. This move fulfills Musk’s ambition to create his own self-governed space hub.We break down:What Starbase’s new city status actually meansHow it gives SpaceX more control over infrastructure and beach accessThe growing tension with environmental groups and local residentsAnd why cityhood comes with new obligations for transparency and governanceIs Starbase the future of innovation-driven cities, or a private playground with public consequences?