{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64d53bc8af8fd800117b9642/6817d47c9704d99f84936bf4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Elon Musk's Starbase in Texas will officially become a city","description":"<p>The area where Elon Musk's SpaceX company operates on the southern tip of Texas is to officially become a city called Starbase.</p><p>Residents approved incorporating a patch of land as the new municipality in an election on Saturday.</p><p>Most of the 283 eligible voters are SpaceX employees. Results published online by Cameron County show 212 votes in favour versus six opposed. Billionaire Musk wrote \"Starbase, Texas is now a real city!\" on his social media platform X.</p><p>The new city covers about 1.6 sq miles (3.9 sq km) that was sparsely populated before SpaceX began buying land in the area in 2012.</p>","author_name":"Daily SumUp"}