Why the Moon? Why Not Mars? SpaceX Shifts Sights Closer to Home

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If you pay attention to the aerospace world, you’ve probably noticed rhetoric has shifted away from being bullish for a Mars colony in the near future towards the establishment of a permanent base on the Moon. Why? What changed? Trump, mostly.

Republicans have a long history of favoring a Lunar base over exploring or settling Mars (Newt Gingrich most…