SpaceX Bets on Moon City, Mars Plans Put on Hold
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Elon Musk announced SpaceX is shifting focus from Mars to building a self-growing Moon City, claiming the Moon option could be ready in under a decade while Mars would take 20+ years; the pivot comes as NASA and Blue Origin vie to land astronauts for Artemis 3 and SpaceX faces Starship HLS delays, signaling closer alignment with lunar goals and a potential delay to Red Planet ambitions.
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