South Texas voters mostly employed by Elon Musk’s Space X, approved a move to include a new city star base in Texas Cameron County near the company’s Boka Chika Beach Launch site on the Gulf Mexico. The move was finally 212-6 in support of the move, Reports Associated Press.
The elections were as follows A request It had obtained enough signatures to force the vote by February, which only 283 people were eligible to participate, According to Texas Tribun. Last week, A analysis With the support of public journalism Texas Newsroom Found that three of these five of them were Space X employees, and according to PH TribunWill lead to this city three people With a relationship from Space X.
With this measurement approval, Space X now stands to gain more control at the launch site. As if Tribun Note, the company will have to get permission from Cameron County officials to shut off Boka Chika Beach for launches, but Texas Senate Bill 2188 Can change it. The Bill does not mention the Star Base, which was not the city when it was written, but it will give the municipality the option to approve the beach sanctions, which meets some terms, including “a space port” and is present in the county that is “Gulf Mexico or its maize.”
Since the bill makes its way through the state legislature, the federal government is apparently losing its ability to restrict Space X. Musk’s Dodge has worked to hamstring federal agencies under President Donald Trump, including Environmental Protection Agency And Federal Aviation AdministrationWhose regulatory authority comes under the billionaire company.