48 Hours In Starbase

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The Onion Staff May 12, 2025 · 2 mins read
48 Hours In Starbase
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Starbase, home to SpaceX’s private launch site, has voted to become an official Texas city. The Onion shares the perfect two-day itinerary for Starbase tourists.

Day One

9:30 a.m. Get started at the visitor center

From the airport, head straight to the Starbase Visitor Center, where you can book tours, buy souvenirs, and pick up a handy map showing which facilities your race is allowed to use.

11 a.m. Check out Build-a-Son Workshop at Starbase Mall

Get in touch with your creative side by combining sperm and eggs to make your very own Elon Musk male progeny.

2 p.m. Stroll through the farmers market

Pick up a meal-replacement shake for lunch, or help yourself to one of the many free samples of artisanal monkey jerky.

5:30 p.m. Rocket launch

Watch that big fucker blow up.

8 p.m. Movie night

Head to the drive-in theater to catch the night’s programming, a video of Elon Musk walking into Twitter HQ carrying a sink, set to a loop for three and a half hours.

1 a.m. The Feeding

The feeding begins.

Day Two

8 a.m. Rise and shine

Start your day as the locals do by heading to the employee cafeteria, grabbing breakfast, and forcing a laugh at whatever Elon Musk does with a banana.

12 p.m. Take an Aryan child sled ride

Enjoy a relaxing ride through town on a sled pulled by six energetic 9-year-olds of pure Caucasian heritage.

3 p.m. Pick up a souvenir

Stop by town hall to purchase a copy of one of the many surveillance photos taken of you and your family during your visit.

7 p.m. Cut loose with Rick And Morty quote karaoke

Head to the local bar and participate in the time-honored tradition of shouting quotes from the animated series at the top of your lungs.

2:30 a.m. Awaken to screaming. Across the way, a waifish woman holding a baby hangs out a window yelling for help. Is that…Grimes?

Yes! Good spot.

4 a.m. Come to bound and gagged inside a SpaceX test rocket

The last thing you may remember is something hard hitting the back of your head. It’s Starbase fun for the whole family.