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Elon Musk Announces Huge Change: Self-Growing City on Moon Now Top Priority at SpaceX

Victor Tangermann

created: Feb. 9, 2026, 6:49 p.m. | updated: Feb. 12, 2026, 12:53 a.m.

Just over a year ago, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made it abundantly clear he was not interested in visiting the Moon. “For 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 ten years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years,” he tweeted on Sunday. The space agency initially tapped Musk’s company’s Starship to deliver astronauts to the lunar South Pole from orbit. In October, however, NASA officials suggested the agency may opt for SpaceX’s competitor, Blue Origin instead, given ongoing technical issues hampering Starship’s development. “You know, reclaim desserts [sic] since you seem to love inhabitable places so much.”More on SpaceX: SpaceX Just Bought Elon Musk’s CSAM Company

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