Just 13 months after declaring the moon "a distraction," Elon Musk has announced that Earth's nearest neighbor is now the focus of SpaceX's settlement plans. What changed?

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The CEO said that the company is shifting its focus from Mars to creating a "self-growing city" on the moon because it would be more practical.

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