Elon Musk's about-face: SpaceX to go to the Moon first after all – Mars later

For over ten years, Elon Musk has stated at every opportunity that he wants to go to Mars and that the Moon should be ignored. Now he is changing direction.
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After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?

Musk also believes that a larger and more financially robust SpaceX is necessary to undertake the settling of Mars. He understands that NASA will not pay for this, as the civil space agency is in the business of exploration and not settlement. For several ...