{"id":461917,"date":"2026-05-27T03:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/461917\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T03:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:23:11","slug":"elon-musk-announces-new-base-on-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/461917\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk announces new base on Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk<\/a> wants to build a world outside Earth and now he wants a base on the moon.<\/p>\n

As NASA broadcast the latest\u00a0updates regarding the space agency’s Moon Base on X on May 26, he jumped in and said<\/a>, “Time to build major base on the Moon!”<\/p>\n

Related: SpaceX taps crypto exec for first-ever crewed Mars mission<\/a><\/p>\n

Musk earlier shared his views<\/a> on “self-growing civilizations” on the moon and Mars, saying it’s important to secure the “long-term future of consciousness”\u00a0on Earth and other heavenly bodies.<\/p>\n

While Earth faces potential risks like a\u00a0massive meteor or a global nuclear war, the choice between the Moon and Mars becomes crucial, he emphasized.<\/p>\n

While it’s\u00a0faster to make a self-growing\u00a0civilization on the Moon due to its close distance, it’s susceptible to the earth’s problems for the same reason. Conversely, it will take longer for Mars to become self-growing but it is safer from the earthy disasters due to its long distance, he argued.<\/p>\n

“Both the Moon and Mars should have self-growing civilizations,” Musk said. “Making this happen is the prime directive of SpaceX.”<\/p>\n

The proclamation comes only days after SpaceX filed to go public in what is going to be the world’s\u00a0largest public offering in financial history.<\/p>\n

Trending on TheStreet Roundtable: Musk’s comments fail to move markets <\/p>\n

Musk’s comments, especially those referencing the moon, tend to affect the prices of cryptocurrencies because the phrase “to the moon” means a price rally in crypto lingo.<\/p>\n

The tycoon has often spoken fondly<\/a> about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) and meme coins<\/a> like Dogecoin<\/a> (DOGE).<\/p>\n

In fact, SpaceX’s\u00a0S-1 filing with the\u00a0Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that the space tech company holds\u00a018,712 Bitcoin on its balance sheet.<\/p>\n

However, the latest comment didn’t have any impact on the prices of these crypto assets.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin was trading at\u00a0$75,756.87 at press time, down 2% in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Dogecoin was exchanging hands at\u00a0$0.1006, similarly down 2% in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Related: Elon Musk says it\u2019s ‘time’ for Dogecoin as he revives old promise<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by TheStreet<\/a> on May 26, 2026, where it first appeared in the MARKETS<\/a> section. Add TheStreet as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk wants to build a world outside Earth and now he wants a base…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[215035,350,85,46,8245,141,145],"class_list":["post-461917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-base-on-the-moon","tag-elon-musk","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-moon","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}