Comments on: The new town of Starbase is canceling its May elections https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richard C. Moeur https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/#comment-1629797 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:35:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122285#comment-1629797 I drove out TX 4 to Starbase last month as part of a longer business trip. City management is probably easy – only saw a few clumps of apartments, the assembly buildings, two big ol’ pads and towers, and more Cybertrucks than you can shake a stainless steel stick at. No gas, food, services, other businesses, or extraneous infrastructure. I was in a bunch of vehicles coming into “town” and ended up following them right up to the first launch pad (all the restriction signs were blocked by parked construction vehicles) – upon noticing this, I made a prompt U turn as a couple of security Cybertrucks watched closely without intervening. I could get a better photo from farther west, of course. :) Hopefully looking forward to many successful launches.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/#comment-1629788 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 02:25:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122285#comment-1629788 Meanwhile, in my neck of the woods, we are laying to rest one of the individuals in the recent tanker crash….Major Klinner.

Here in metro Birmingham, a bunch of idiots who lost half the water in my county, decided to protest their firing:
https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2026/03/laid-off-workers-protest-outside-birmingham-water-utility-offices-after-135-jobs-cut.html

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/#comment-1629778 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:22:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122285#comment-1629778 Robert,
Being an engineer, I really don’t see a difference between your reasons #1 and #2, outside of the distinction of the wording.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/#comment-1629771 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:36:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122285#comment-1629771 The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Eddie Murphy
“Vote Johnson, the Name you Know, the Name you Trust”
https://youtu.be/uO1B5yaoJyU
1:24

“A Florida con man uses the passing of the longtime Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the streets are paved with gold.”

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/#comment-1629759 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:17:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122285#comment-1629759 If management urges you to run for Starbase office, you may want to re-evaluate your SpaceX career.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-new-town-of-starbase-is-canceling-its-may-elections/#comment-1629745 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:48:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122285#comment-1629745 If I was someone like a janitor there I would run.
Just to get my name in the history books.

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