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Elon Musk: We’re going directly to Mars, the Moon is a distraction

By admin, Ocak 6, 2025

Elon Musk: We’re going directly to Mars, the Moon is a distraction





Elon Musk: We're going directly to Mars, the Moon is a distraction



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Elon Muskis frequently on the agenda and continues to be on the agenda with his striking comments and statements made on social media. So far Musk has NASA Although he had rarely criticized the projects, he began to share his criticisms with the public more frequently with his new position in politics. SpaceX founder Musk recently criticized NASA’s plans to send humans to the Moon. The target should be Mars he said.

Criticism from Musk to Artemis

Musk, “The Artemis architecture is extremely inefficient because it is a program that maximizes jobs, not a program that maximizes results. Something completely new is needed.” He made an open criticism of NASA’s Artemis Program.

NASA, under the Artemis program, by the end of this decade to the south pole of the moon organize a series of manned missions and a sustainable base plans to establish. However, Musk thinks these goals are not forward-looking enough. In his statement on social media platform X“No, we’re going directly to Mars. The moon is a distraction,” In his words, he stated that he found NASA’s Moon-focused plans unnecessary. Musk has been aiming to build a living city on Mars for a long time.

These statements of Musk are not considered only as his personal opinions. Because he played an important role in Donald Trump’s re-election as US President last year, and he is currently an influential advisor on space policies in the new administration.

Is the Artemis program in danger?




Elon Musk: We're going directly to Mars, the Moon is a distraction



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Musk’s criticisms raise questions about the future of the Artemis program. In addition to NASA, the American commercial space industry, the European Space Agency (ESA) and other international partners continue to support Moon return goals. However, Musk’s definition of “An extremely inefficient architecture” indicates that changes may be made in the current structure of the program or pressure may be created for this.

Meanwhile, with Artemis, the United States is competing with China to establish a meaningful presence on the Moon’s surface. Most likely, NASA will adopt a new “Artemis” plan that includes attempts at both the Moon and Mars. However, some changes may occur. Privately developed vehicles such as SpaceX’s Starship vehicle and Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket can bypass NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). After all, it was the Trump administration that first created the program, nearly five years ago. Musk’s statement “we are going directly to Mars” may have meant that SpaceX would focus on this goal with the support of NASA.

























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