Welcome to the city of Starbase, home to SpaceX and a huge Elon Musk bust – National [Video]

The home of Elon Musk’s space company, SpaceX, just gained official city status and an intergalactic name to boot, with residents of the remote south Texas enclave voting to name it Starbase.

The decision to formally incorporate Starbase as a city was made on Saturday by a total of 218 voters, with a margin heavily in favour of the outcome.

The small group of electors cast their ballots 212 “for” and six “against,” according to results published online by the Cameron County Elections Department.

The ballot also named a senior SpaceX representative as the new town’s mayor.

Most of the electorate live in the area and are employed by Musk at SpaceX, the Associated Press said.

Musk — who changed his X handle to “Gorklon Rust” from his actual name on Monday — took to his social media platform on Sunday to celebrate the newly coined city.

“Now, it’s official,” he …