WHY THE MOON IS BACK IN FOCUS – ELON MUSK & SPACEX ARE PIVOTING HARD“Let's make Moon Base Alpha real!”Elon and SpaceX are accelerating toward the Moon—not as a detour, but as the critical stepping stone and proving ground for Mars. The Moon is the nearest place to test everything needed for a self-sustaining Mars city: long-duration life support, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), cryogenic propellant storage & transfer in space, massive cargo delivery, surface operations, radiation protection, and high-c ...

WHY STARSHIP NEEDS TO BE SO MASSIVE: ELON MUSK EXPLAINS THE SCALE FOR MARSElon has repeatedly emphasized that Starship’s enormous size—nearly 400 ft tall, over 5,000 tons fueled, ~1,200 tons of propellant—is no accident.It’s engineered for the massive tonnage required to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, far beyond what smaller rockets could ever achieve affordably or practically.“It’s designed to make life multiplanetary, otherwise extreme overkill for mere Earth sector activity! Starship fleet mass to ...

RT Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV)WHY THE MOON IS BACK IN FOCUS – ELON MUSK & SPACEX ARE PIVOTING HARD“Let's make Moon Base Alpha real!”Elon and SpaceX are accelerating toward the Moon—not as a detour, but as the critical stepping stone and proving ground for Mars. The Moon is the nearest place to test everything needed for a self-sustaining Mars city: long-duration life support, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), cryogenic propellant storage & transfer in space, massive cargo delivery, surfa ...

WHY THE MOON IS BACK IN FOCUS – ELON MUSK & SPACEX ARE PIVOTING HARD“Let's make Moon Base Alpha real!”Elon and SpaceX are accelerating toward the Moon—not as a detour, but as the critical stepping stone and proving ground for Mars. The Moon is the nearest place to test everything needed for a self-sustaining Mars city: long-duration life support, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), cryogenic propellant storage & transfer in space, massive cargo delivery, surface operations, radiation protection, and high-c ...

WHY SPACEX IS PRIORITIZING THE MOON: IT’S THE ULTIMATE PROVING GROUND FOR MARSSpaceX isn’t shifting focus away from Mars — the Moon is the high-stakes rehearsal that dramatically increases the odds of success on the Red Planet. Elon and the team are doubling down on lunar missions because every Moon flight teaches exactly what is needed for Mars, but with far lower risk, faster turnaround, and real funding.Core reasons the Moon is priority #1 right now:• Orbital refueling must be masteredThe Moon is the fir ...

RT Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV)WHY THE MOON IS BACK IN FOCUS – ELON MUSK & SPACEX ARE PIVOTING HARD“Let's make Moon Base Alpha real!”Elon and SpaceX are accelerating toward the Moon—not as a detour, but as the critical stepping stone and proving ground for Mars. The Moon is the nearest place to test everything needed for a self-sustaining Mars city: long-duration life support, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), cryogenic propellant storage & transfer in space, massive cargo delivery, surfa ...

WHY THE MOON IS BACK IN FOCUS – ELON MUSK & SPACEX ARE PIVOTING HARD“Let's make Moon Base Alpha real!”Elon and SpaceX are accelerating toward the Moon—not as a detour, but as the critical stepping stone and proving ground for Mars. The Moon is the nearest place to test everything needed for a self-sustaining Mars city: long-duration life support, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), cryogenic propellant storage & transfer in space, massive cargo delivery, surface operations, radiation protection, and high-c ...

RT Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV)WHY THE MOON IS BACK IN FOCUS – ELON MUSK & SPACEX ARE PIVOTING HARD“Let's make Moon Base Alpha real!”Elon and SpaceX are accelerating toward the Moon—not as a detour, but as the critical stepping stone and proving ground for Mars. The Moon is the nearest place to test everything needed for a self-sustaining Mars city: long-duration life support, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), cryogenic propellant storage & transfer in space, massive cargo delivery, surfa ...

WHY STARSHIP NEEDS TO BE SO MASSIVE: ELON MUSK EXPLAINS THE SCALE FOR MARSElon has repeatedly emphasized that Starship’s enormous size—nearly 400 ft tall, over 5,000 tons fueled, ~1,200 tons of propellant—is no accident.It’s engineered for the massive tonnage required to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, far beyond what smaller rockets could ever achieve affordably or practically.“It’s designed to make life multiplanetary, otherwise extreme overkill for mere Earth sector activity! Starship fleet mass to ...