Elon Musk says SpaceX will build a city on the moon before heading to Mars: Here’s why

SpaceX has changed its space exploration plans. Instead of focusing first on Mars, the company is now giving priority to building a human settlement on the Moon. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared this update on social media platform X, marking a major shift from his long-standing dream of sending humans to Mars.

For years now, Elon Musk has spoken about making humans a multi-planetary species, with Mars as the one of those places of human settlement. He had earlier also suggested that humans could land on Mars as early as 2026. However, his latest comments show that SpaceX now sees the Moon as a more practical and achievable step before moving on to Mars.