Musk has missed several of his own predictions for when his company would take humans to Mars.

Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold and said his SpaceX rocket company will instead focus on building a city on the moon.

SpaceX is prioritizing the moon over Mars, Elon Musk said, citing faster timelines and strategic urgency while maintaining the company’s long-term Mars ambitions.

Space titans Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are locked in a new lunar race, mirroring the tortoise and the hare. Musk champions rapid, iterative development for a Moon city, embracing failure for speed.