{"id":45067,"date":"2026-02-10T07:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/elon-musk-said-hell-congratulate-blue-origin-if-they-land-on-the-moon-before-spacex-hes-focused-on-something-else\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T07:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:21:43","slug":"elon-musk-said-hell-congratulate-blue-origin-if-they-land-on-the-moon-before-spacex-hes-focused-on-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/elon-musk-said-hell-congratulate-blue-origin-if-they-land-on-the-moon-before-spacex-hes-focused-on-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk said he&#8217;ll congratulate Blue Origin if they land on the moon before SpaceX \u2014 he&#8217;s focused on something else"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69850cfce1ba468a96ab8345?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office\"\/><figcaption>Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted he has sometimes made mistakes in his approach to hiring.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Brandon\/AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Elon Musk says he would congratulate Blue Origin if it reaches the moon before SpaceX.<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX is focused on a more ambitious goal of building a &quot;self-growing city&quot; on the moon, Musk said.<\/li>\n<li>He added that SpaceX is &quot;more the tortoise than the hare,&quot; a reference to Jeff Bezos&#039; tortoise post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk says he&#039;s happy to lose one lunar milestone if it helps him win the bigger prize.<\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX chief said in a post on X on Monday that he would congratulate Blue Origin if it lands on the moon before SpaceX, as his company focuses on a more ambitious goal: building a &quot;self-growing city&quot; on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What really matters for the future is being able to land millions of tons of equipment and people to build a self-growing city on the moon,&quot; Musk wrote. &quot;In this respect, perhaps we are be more the tortoise than the hare for now,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#039;s comments about SpaceX being more &quot;tortoise than the hare&quot; came in response to an X post by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, who shared a black-and-white image of a tortoise. The post on Monday appeared to be a nod to the tortoise-and-hare fable, framing Blue Origin as the slow-and-steady contender and SpaceX as the faster but more distracted rival.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and Bezos have been rivals for years, frequently clashing over their space ambitions at SpaceX and Blue Origin, as well as over their fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>After long touting Mars as SpaceX&#039;s main destination, Musk said on Sunday that the company has shifted its focus to the moon.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;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,&quot; he wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That said, 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,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that SpaceX told investors it is targeting March 2027 for an uncrewed landing on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post on X, Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX would &quot;continue to launch directly from Earth to Mars while possible, rather than moon to Mars.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Fuel is relatively scarce on the moon,&quot; Musk added.<\/p>\n<p>Musk previously said SpaceX would send an uncrewed mission to Mars by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, we&#039;re going straight to Mars. The moon is a distraction,&quot; he said in January last year in response to a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Musk is known for rolling out bold timelines for projects such as electric vehicles \u2014 only to revise or abandon them later.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos has long emphasised the moon as humanity&#039;s next destination, and has taken aim at Musk&#039;s push to colonize Mars.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Go live on the top of Mount Everest for a year first and see if you like it, because it&#039;s a garden paradise compared to Mars,&quot; Bezos said in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>During a presentation for project Blue Moon, Bezos included a slide about Mars with the title &quot;FAR, FAR AWAY,&quot; referencing SpaceX&#039;s Mars ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin said previously it aimed to reach the moon by 2023 \u2014 a target it did not meet.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted he has sometimes made mistakes in his approach to hiring. Alex Brandon\/AP Elon Musk says he would congratulate Blue Origin if it reaches the moon before SpaceX. SpaceX is focused on a more ambitious goal of building a &quot;self-growing city&quot; on the moon, Musk said. 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