Elon Musk tries to change name of Texas town with a tweet

Elon Musk tries to change name of Texas town with a tweet

Elon Musk is eyeing a name change for Boca Chica, Texas, the Gulf Coast community where his company SpaceX is building its futuristic deep-space rocket.

“Creating the city of Starbase, Texas,” Musk tweeted Tuesday. “From thence to Mars, And hence the Stars.”

A SpaceX representative made a “casual inquiry” recently about requirements to incorporate Boca Chica and rename it the City of Starbase, said Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino.

In a statement, he said county commissioners have been notified of the discussions about Boca Chica, a small burg near the Mexican border where SpaceX's new Starship prototypes dominate the seaside skyline.

“Sending a tweet doesn't make it so,” Trevino said in an interview. “They have a lot of hoops and hurdles to go through before they can make it so.”

Renaming Boca Chica would further deepen Musk's imprint on Texas. In addition to SpaceX's activity, his automaker, Tesla, is building a massive factory in East Austin for its forthcoming electric pickup truck.

The private Musk Foundation has moved to Austin from California, and Musk himself has said he has relocated Texas, though he still spends time in the Golden State.