Musk changes course on Mars quest and shoots for moon – again ^77.4%

The Guardian - By Richard Luscombe - 2/16/2026, 1:00 PM

Moon was a distraction and Mars the goal for billionaire SpaceX chief – could Trump have influenced his U-turn? Barely a year ago, the moon was “a distraction” to Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of SpaceX then fixated on his ludicrously ambitious project to build a self-sustaining city on Mars within 20 years. Why bother... more