{"id":2567743,"date":"2026-02-09T03:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-to-focus-efforts-on-building-a-self-growing-city-on-the-moon-musk-says\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T03:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:25:34","slug":"spacex-to-focus-efforts-on-building-a-self-growing-city-on-the-moon-musk-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-to-focus-efforts-on-building-a-self-growing-city-on-the-moon-musk-says\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to focus efforts on building a &#8216;self-growing&#8217; city on the Moon, Musk says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspacex-to-focus-efforts-on-building-a-self-growing-city-on-the-moon-musk-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2567743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the company will prioritize building a habitable, self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-is-the-first-state-in-the-nation-to-officially-adopt-its-new-congressional-map\/\" title=\"Oregon Is The First State In The Nation To Officially Adopt Its New Congressional Map\">-growing city<\/a> on the Moon, aiming to achieve it in under ten years. He argues the Moon can be developed faster than Mars as launches to the Moon occur about every 10 days, while Mars transfer windows open roughly every 26 months, enabling rapid iteration.Musk notes the mission remains to extend life and consciousness to the stars,though he has long discussed Mars colonization as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-shark-gives-birth-with-no-male-contact\/\" title=\"Female Shark Gives Birth With No Male Contact\">potential survival strategy<\/a> for humanity and now views the Moon as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-completely-eliminated-from-major-media-market-after-christian-church-buys-it-out\/\" title=\"Christian Church acquires Disney, eliminates it from media market.\">current priority<\/a>. He has suggested that a mars city could follow after establishing the Moon, perhaps within five to seven years, but later statements have been more tentative, with a projection of a Martian settlement by 2055 if cargo to Mars increases sufficiently.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">SpaceX to focus efforts on building a &lsquo;self-growing&rsquo; city on the Moon, Musk says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2496075\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has his sights on the Moon, specifically building a city there. He announced that his company, SpaceX, has prioritized building a habitable settlement on the Moon, aiming for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-to-make-a-major-political-comeback\/\" title=\"President Trump to make a major political comeback\">time frame<\/a> of less than ten years. Musk announced in a post on X on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. <\/p>\n<p>The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4450596\/seahawks-super-bowl-win-over-patriots\/\">Seahawks ride their &lsquo;Dark Side&rsquo; defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4450580\/venezuela-opposition-figure-kidnapped\/\">Venezuela opposition figure kidnapped hours after release from prison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450551\/bad-bunny-kid-rock-clash-super-bowl-halftime-shows\/\">Bad Bunny and Kid Rock clash in dueling Super Bowl halftime shows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2020640004628742577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;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, whereas Mars would take 20+ years,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2020640004628742577?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in his post. &ldquo;The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk has regularly expressed his ambitions in space travel, previously <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/08\/tech\/spacex-mars-profit-scn\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggesting<\/a> colonizing Mars. He explained human civilization&rsquo;s potential need to do so during a 2023 virtual press conference on the topic. He said it could be a matter of survival for the human race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there&rsquo;s something terrible that happens on Earth, either made by humans or natural, we want to have, like, life insurance for life as a whole,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exploremars.org\/about\/leadership\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Then, there&rsquo;s the kind of excitement and adventure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears he pivoted away from that objective, explaining in a Sunday social media post that the technical and logistical challenges would make Mars colonization extremely difficult to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time),&rdquo; said Musk. &ldquo;This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then, as Musk has been prone to do, the former presidential adviser disregarded much of his previous explanation and said that building a civilization on Mars was still an option, just that building on the Moon is SpaceX&rsquo;s current priority.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster,&rdquo; Musk added.<\/p>\n<p>In Sept. 2025, Musk appeared much more resolute and confident about the prospect of humans living on the Red Planet. He predicted that humans would have a settlement on Mars by 2055.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it can be done in 30 years, provided there&rsquo;s an exponential increase in the tonnage to Mars with each successive Mars transfer window, which is every two years,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/private-spaceflight\/humanity-could-settle-mars-by-2055-elon-musk-says\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at the time regarding humans safely living on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What really matters is that Mars is self-sustaining,&rdquo; Musk said. &ldquo;That we are truly a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multi-planet species<\/a>, such that we&rsquo;ve achieved planetary redundancy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX eyes Moon city in under 10 years, Musk says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2567744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-bwk68koyr-1770623407779-e1770623456697.jpg?1770605467&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[7876,73337,4844],"class_list":["post-2567743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-moon","tag-self-growing-city","tag-spacex"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-bwk68koyr-1770623407779-e1770623456697.jpg?1770605467&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567747,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567743\/revisions\/2567747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}