The Mars to Moon Pivot

SpaceX has changed direction - were the haters right?

It has been some time coming, for those paying attention, but Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX is now prioritising the Moon over Mars, at least for the short term. The plan is to focus on lunar development and space based data centres, and then start building up the Mars base in 5 years (i.e. the 2031 launch window).

To many, this is vindication of th…