tetsuo
@tetsuoai · Feb 14, 2026
SpaceX just shifted focus from Mars to building a self-growing city on the Moon, in under 10 years.
Why the pivot?
> Moon launches every 10 days vs. 26 months for Mars
> 2-day transit vs. 6 months
> 80x faster iteration loop
> Uncrewed Starship lunar landing targeted for March 2027
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
To be clear, we are still going to do Mars. I don’t think this change affects the time to a Mars city being self-growing by more than 5 years and it might turn out to accelerate Mars.
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