Following previous reports, Elon Musk now shares that SpaceX has shifted its focus from Mars, and is focusing on the Moon. Through the new target, SpaceX aims to build a settlement or city on the Moon in less than 10 years. Elon Musk stated that this time period is seen as more realistic, compared to Mars which will take more than 20 years.
One of the reasons for the long time is due to ensuring the parallelism between the Earth and Mars which occurs every 26 months, which will slow down the process of sending missions there. Meanwhile, for the Moon, it is seen that it can be launched every 10 days, and makes various processes and missions to the Moon faster.
This also shows that the development of a city or settlement on the Moon will be completed faster. At the same time. Elon Musk stated that they still have not forgotten about Mars, and aim to start building a city or settlement on Mars in a period of about 5 to 7 years.
