Peter Hague
@peterrhague · 9 févr. 2026
A lot of SpaceX critics jumping for joy right now, incorrectly claiming that pushing Mars back by a synodic cycle or two is abandoning it, proving that it was a “scam”
This is nonsense of course. What is going to happen is a massive ramp up of Starship cadence for the Moon and
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
As I said in my post, we will still do Mars in parallel, but the critical path to a self-growing Moon city is faster.
The Moon city can be made to be self-growing in less than half the time of Mars.
The critical juncture for humanity’s expansion beyond Earth is having a self-growing civilization off world before the resupply ships stop coming.
11:56 · 9 février 2026 · 280,5 k vues
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