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Elon Musk is building Starbase, a city with a space port to the Moon, Mars and beyond

Elon Musk is building Starbase, a city with a space port to the Moon, Mars and

Elon Musk has always expressed his dream of building a city on Mars, and apparently his dream is starting with building a port-space city on Earth.

The new city will be located at the launch site of Space X in Texas and Musk will call it Starbase. The richest person in the world will accommodate there all those who want to work at the place of launch of the spacecraft and those who want to fly on the rocket.

And finally, Musk hopes that this will be the starting point for people who want to travel to Mars, with the "Starship" ships.

As they prepare for their flight, they will look for lifestyle and infrastructure, which only this city can provide. Therefore, building Starship City in Texas, may be essential for Musk to realize his vision for space exploration.

Musk began the city-building process in late February / early March 2021 when he formally approached the Cameron County administration. A press release from the District Judge's office made it clear that Musk had to abide by all relevant statutes and that any application would be ultimately judged against applicable laws.

Boca Chica, the site where the new city is expected to be built, is home to Musk's spaceship, the Starship, and the giant Super Heavy rocket, which is expected to launch into space. According to experts this rocket will be different from anything that has been tested before and after launch it will be the most powerful rocket ever launched.

Elon Musk is building Starbase, a city with a space port to the Moon, Mars and
A house left in Boca Chica

"It's a really ambitious project," said Dr Josh Baker of the National Space Center in Leicester. "It has to do with how SpaceX got to where it is. I think they are not afraid to try things."

Unlike small crew spaceships that have traditionally been used by space agencies, the Starship is a next-generation design.

At about 50 meters long and 9 meters in diameter, most of its interior space will be with living rooms, or converted to transport goods. The Super Heavy rocket that will launch it into space is 70 meters long and will be initially powered by 29 Raptor engines, which are also manufactured by SpaceX in Texas.

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