Elon Musk slams NASA for prioritizing Moon over Mars

Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal to return humans to the Moon through the Artemis Program. Rather, Musk, who has long preferred Mars as a destination for humans, has more or less been a team player when it comes to the space agency's lunar-focused plans.
Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon Program
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're going straight to Mars" instead in a recent tweet. In a separate tweet on Christmas Day,
Elon Musk slams NASA for prioritizing the Moon over Mars
Elon Musk has taken aim at NASA for focusing on exploring the Moon rather than launching missions to Mars. The Red Planet has long been a primary goal for the SpaceX CEO, who hopes to establish a human colony there within his lifetime.
Elon Musk Says He'll Go Straight To Mars; Calls Colonisation Of Moon A 'Distraction'
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that he wants to skip the Moon and go straight to Mars. In a post on X, he emphasised the importance of carrying out higher number of rocket launches to increase payload sent to low-Earth orbit and eventually to Mars.
U.K.’s Starmer Slams ‘Lies and Misinformation’ After Elon Musk Attacks
Without naming Mr. Musk directly, Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced the billionaire’s spreading of falsehoods about a child sex abuse scandal.
European leaders decry Elon Musk's meddling
Germany has said that Musk's attempts to influence the coming German election are futile as the Tesla CEO voices support for the far right. The UK's Starmer and France's Macron echoed the German government's sentiments.
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