Occupy Mars? Or the Moon? Get a Reality Check on Elon Musk's Plans

February 17, 2026 Universe Today

Occupy Mars? Or the Moon? Get a Reality Check on Elon Musk's Plans
By Alan Boyle (https://ift.tt/vnT4Lyr)

Artist's concepts show a moon village at left and a Mars habitat at right. (Left image: ESA. Right image: Team SEArch+/Apis Cor via NASA)

SpaceX founder Elon Musk now says he wants to build a city on the moon before building a city on Mars. Is either scenario realistic? In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, biologist Scott Solomon, the author of a new book titled "Becoming Martian," does a reality check on humanity's prospects for living on other worlds.

February 17, 2026 at 10:52PM
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