San Francisco: Half a century has handed because the final Moon touchdown, which is disappointing for humanity and we should always now goal to have a residing base in area, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mentioned on Monday.
The Apollo 11 mission in 1969 first landed people on the Moon.
Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969 and Armstrong turned the primary individual to step onto the Moon’s floor six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21.
Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and so they spent about two and 1 / 4 hours collectively exploring the location they’d named Tranquility Base upon touchdown.
“Solely 66 years from first flight to touchdown on the moon, however now half a century has handed because the final moon touchdown,” Musk posted on X.
He mentioned that this can’t be “our excessive water mark as a civilisation”.
“Humanity ought to have a moon base, cities on Mars and be on the market among the many stars,” the X proprietor added.
Musk has greater plans for touring past Earth’s orbit.
“We should always have a base on the moon, like a completely occupied human base on the moon, after which ship individuals to Mars. Perhaps there’s one thing past the area station, however we’ll see,” he had mentioned previously.
The tech billionaire has predicted that SpaceX’s Starship mega rocket could make an uncrewed mission to Mars in three or 4 years.
