Elon Musk: SpaceX plans a city on the Moon instead of Mars

Celestial fantasy? Musk Moves away from Mars and now Wants a City on the Moon

2026-02-10 Source: dpa | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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Spacex, Elon Musk's space company, is now supposed to focus on building a city on the Moon. Previously, the goal was to colonise Mars ...

Lunar urbanization! According to Elon Musk, in about ten years, people could admire the Earthrise from a Moon city. While he still wants to colonise Mars, that's taking too long for him for now ...(Image: Lunaric) — Lunar urbanization! According to Elon Musk, in about ten years, people could admire the Earthrise from a Moon city. While he still wants to colonise Mars, that's taking too long for him for now ...
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According to the tech billionaire and Tesla founder Elon Musk, it is potentially possible to stamp a city out of the gray dust on the moon in less than ten years. Musk no longer focuses as much on the red Mars, as it would take up to 20 years to build a city there. However, Musk does not talk about money, which is likely to put an end to the Mars endeavor, considering that it takes at least half a year to get there in the best case. Our satellite, on the other hand, can be reached on average in three days. Moreover, favorable opportunities to travel to Mars only arise every 26 months. For the moon, one only waits ten days for the launch. Nevertheless, Musk, known for his ambitious ideas, does not give up on Mars. He expects to begin building a city on the red planet in five to seven years. A manned moon landing is planned for no earlier than 2027. The Artemis program, as it is called, also involves Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

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