Musk shifts focus to Moon as Mars mission remains years away

By Loren Grush, Bloomberg

While most Americans were transfixed by this year’s Super Bowl proceedings on Sunday night, Elon Musk took to X to proclaim that SpaceX would focus on building out a base on the moon before sending humans to Mars.

And Musk was careful to couch his announcement in a way that didn’t make it sound like a surprise.

“For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years...