"a distraction."
"It was hard for me to take those Mars plans seriously,"
"I'm not sure SpaceX, the company, was ever focused on Mars. I think that was largely [Musk],"
Elon Musk and SpaceX have shifted their stated focus from Mars toward building a city on the Moon. The space science community reacted with skepticism due to Musk's history of ambitious timelines and grand plans seen as unrealistic. Space policy expert Wendy Whitman Cobb noted difficulty taking Mars plans seriously and observed that SpaceX has not been hiring for Mars technology roles, implying a disconnect between public claims and company hiring. Even Mars enthusiasts acknowledge substantial technical challenges remain, including habitat construction, food production, radiation protection, in-space refueling, and launching from Mars's thin CO2 atmosphere without established infrastructure.
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