Analysis-Musk fires up SpaceX, Bezos pushes Blue Origin as US billionaires race China to moon

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The space race between U.S. billionaires is heating up, with Elon Musk's ...

Musk clips his Mars settlement ambition, aims for the moon instead

Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – ...

Why is Musk really going to the Moon?

It is a jarring plot twist from January 2025, when Musk dismissed the Moon as a “ distraction .” Now, he says, the satellite is the “overriding priority” to secure civilization. Musk argues a lunar ...
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Elon Musk Announces Huge Change: Self-Growing City on Moon Now Top Priority at SpaceX

Elon Musk said "SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon," despite Mars being his top ...

In a reversal, SpaceX prioritizes 'city' on the moon over Mars project, Musk says

Mars had been SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s long-standing focus. A year ago, he wrote on X: "The Moon is a distraction.” ...

With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon

According to The New York Times, which reports that it heard the meeting, Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar ...