Luis Batalha
@luismbat · Feb 9, 2026
The Moon is harder than Mars in many ways: higher radiation, much lower gravity (more bone loss), no atmosphere to harvest carbon.
If we can crack the Moon, Mars becomes an easier problem.
Elon Musk@elonmusk· Feb 8, 2026For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.
The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
The Moon is faster to make a self-growing city. If civilization continues to grow, we will figure out the universe. If not, nothing else matters.
03:39 AM · February 10, 2026 · 180.1K views
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