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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source
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heisgone ◴[21 Oct 25 18:44 UTC] No.45659875[source]▶
I can imagine SpaceX choosing to self-finance a mission to the moon and beat NASA at it.
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ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 ◴[21 Oct 25 18:50 UTC] No.45659951[source]▶
> I can imagine

That probably does require some imagination. Starting with any incentive to do so.

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testing22321 ◴[21 Oct 25 19:06 UTC] No.45660186[source]▶
Elon just said starship will do the entire moon mission:

“Starship will end up doing the whole Moon mission. Mark my words.”

To address your question, what is the incentive for going to Mars

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1. Levitating ◴[21 Oct 25 20:11 UTC] No.45661048[source]▶
I do mark his words. He also said he would revolutionize travel in LA (by reinventing the metro). He also said rocket travel would replace air travel. He also said we'd have a martian colony by now.

There's a website dedicated to the empty promises Elon has made. Can't find it though, anyone remember?

Edit: https://elonmusk.today/