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Today is Monday, May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, 2025.

And we begin with SpaceX successfully launching a brand new city.

Over the weekend, residents of the tiny southern Texas town of

Boca Chica, most of whom work for SpaceX, voted to incorporate and rename their high-tech

Hamlet, Starbase. The final vote was 173 in favor, four against. The new city is only one and a half

square miles, but that includes the launch pad for

SpaceX's enormous starship rocket. CEO Elon Musk hasn't said much about why he needed city status,

but the new designation gives his company more control over the land and nearby beaches, both of

which are impacted by launches. According to SpaceX's

head of legal, Sheila McCorkle, the company has lofty goals. We need to carry on our mission of

turning South Texas into the gateway to Mars and making humankind multi-planetary.

They may have lost their school, their prize projects, and even some of

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