The tweet archive.

“… going to moon very soon”

“@DavidWillisSLS @_Jevis_ @PPathole Needs legs for moon & Mars”

“@tobyliiiiiiiiii @katlinegrey I recommend propulsive landing, as that is extensible to planets, moons & asteroids. Wings & runways are limited to Earth.”

“SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moon”

“Starship to the moon https://t.co/tVMJbBk3BU”

“On the actual moon”

“@ID_AA_Carmack I hope so. Wings don’t work on the moon at all and def not well on Mars. Also, no runways.”

“Much of what people think of an science is actually engineering, eg no such thing as a “rocket scientist”, only rocket engineers. Latter is who put humans on the moon.”

“@flcnhvy Good grief! SpaceX is getting zero money for this. Starship is designed to carry people & cargo around Earth (also to moon & Mars). Vast majority of use will be civilian. It’s just like an airline in space. All airlines sometimes carry military cargo, but ~99% is civilian.”

“@ruskin147 It is unfortunately common for many in academia to overweight the value of ideas & underweight bringing them to fruition. For example, the idea of going to the moon is trivial, but going to the moon is hard.”

“@PPathole @Erdayastronaut @dauqhx @universal_sci Mars is easier than the moon for propellant production. Could get going with only one ship, where the ship itself is the propellant plant. Needs to make ~2 tons/day.”

“@Erdayastronaut @dauqhx @universal_sci Starship propellant is ~78% oxygen, so an O2 plant on the moon would be enough. Otherwise, we could brute-force it with tankers to low Earth orbit. That’s probably faster.”

“@nicebit_net @valleyhack If you get past Mars, the asteroids, moons of Jupiter & Saturn, inevitably you reach Uranus!”

“@Erdayastronaut Forward thrusters are to stabilize ship when landing in high winds. If goal is max payload to moon per ship, no heatshield or flaps or big gas thruster packs are needed. No need to bring early ships back. They can serve as part of moon base alpha.”

“@raytech247 @flcnhvy @Erdayastronaut @ValkyrieBaron11 @NASASpaceflight Yes, mostly because you can use the ship every week going to the moon instead of every two years for Mars (best case)”

“@Erdayastronaut @SciGuySpace What’s troubling is that this doesn’t get humanity a base on the moon or even a small crewed Mars mission”

“That was 2.5 years ago & still not even on the moon. Progress must accelerate!”

“@Teslarati We’re going to try landing Starship on the moon with enough propellant to return to Earth”

“@Erdayastronaut I sure hope so! This will inspire the world & get people excited about the future, just as Apollo did. It wasn’t just that a few people went to the moon, they went there for all humankind.”

“@SamTalksTesla @JaneidyEve Mars is god of war & memes are a form of war … and fun too! Neither will be destroyed. Ceres, moons of Jupiter & Saturn prob come next.”

“@tobyliiiiiiiiii @Erdayastronaut There will be a common area in the forward section with a big window like this. It will be a lot heavier than steel, but not dangerous. Consider astronauts on the moon with a very thin windowed helmet. They were fine.”

“@Astronomiaum Only 66 years from first controlled, powered flight to landing on the moon. Now, half a century later, we are still unable to return. This must change.”

“@SciGuySpace We should have a base on the moon, a city on Mars”

“@Alejandro_DebH @macshlibber @SpaceflightNow Advancing humanity’s understanding of the Universe is a fundamental motivator for SpaceX! Starship can put giant 🔭 in orbit & on moon. With an occluder, could image 🌏 in other star systems.”

“@HarryStoltz1 @neiltyson @Space_Station Big challenge for Starship refueling on the moon is finding sources of carbon. Probably some pretty big deposits in craters from meteorites. Same goes for hydrogen & oxygen, also in (shadowed) craters.”

“@HarryStoltz1 @neiltyson @Space_Station Exactly. And you can on the moon, since it has no atmosphere.”

“Great progress by Starship Cape team. Started several months behind, but catching up fast. This will be a super fun race to orbit, moon & Mars!”

“@annerajb @highlyaaronic Orbital refilling is critical for high payload to moon or Mars. Initially just Starship to Starship, later dedicated tankers.”

“@Erdayastronaut @flcnhvy For sure moon 1st, as it’s only 3 days away & u don’t need interplanetary orbital synchronization”

“@flcnhvy Moon too”

“@Erdayastronaut @rmarcilhoo @kimitalvitie @SpaceXNow @ChrisG_NSF @NASASpaceflight Exactly. We’re on the wrong planet for SSTO. No problem on Mars or any of the moons.”

“Starship on the moon https://t.co/UGjDG8ofID”

“@Erdayastronaut @NASA @VP I think so. For sure worth giving it our best shot! Would be great to have a competitive, commercial program to build a moon base that is outcome-oriented (not cost-plus), so you only get paid for safe delivery of cargo.”

“@NASA @VP It would be so inspiring for humanity to see humanity return to the moon!”

“@dmk184 @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Pretty much any moon or planet that has a solid or liquid surface”

“@benoitdenayer @navincho @katlinegrey Essentially, yes. Great engineering talent, but should focus on reusable rockets for purpose of a permanent human base on the moon and self-sustaining city on Mars.”

“@AstrumMining @SPEXcast @McMurchie @Robotbeat @John_Gardi @SpaceX Moon first, Mars as soon as the planets align”

“Initially making one 200 metric ton thrust engine common across ship & booster to reach the moon as fast as possible. Next versions will split to vacuum-optimized (380+ sec Isp) & sea-level thrust optimized (~250 ton).”

“@Erdayastronaut @keego73 Absolutely. You’ve touched on a very important point. The ship must be easy to repair on the moon and Mars.”

“Blood moon over LA tonight (@kzooastro) https://t.co/AgeMmYjss3”

“@WevolverApp @SpaceX Dragon 2 was originally designed to land with thrusters, but it’s not the right architecture for heavy transport to the moon or Mars, so we decided not to qualify it for thruster landings”

“@ludan27 @Erdayastronaut @JeromeJaccard @Robotbeat @alan1bernard Yes, but single stage to orbit with no payload is pointless. Add Super Heavy rocket booster & orbital payload is gigantic. Only need booster on Earth, due to deep gravity well & thick atmosphere. Starship alone on moons & Mars.”

“Technically, two parts: Starship is the spaceship/upper stage & Super Heavy is the rocket booster needed to escape Earth’s deep gravity well (not needed for other planets or moons)”

“Moon mission will be livestreamed in high def VR, so it’ll feel like you’re there in real-time minus a few seconds for speed of light”

“Hanging out with @yousuck2020 before the @SpaceX moon mission announcement https://t.co/RTOwutzMtG”

“Yusaku will be bringing 8 (brave) artists & cultural figures with him on the journey around the moon!”

“@Everman SpaceX will prob build 30 to 40 rocket cores for ~300 missions over 5 years. Then BFR takes over & Falcon retires. Goal of BFR is to enable anyone to move to moon, Mars & eventually outer planets.”

“Falcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much.”

“It is high time that humanity went beyond Earth. Should have a moon base by now and sent astronauts to Mars. The future needs to inspire. https://t.co/6HjDQnRSA5 https://x.com/newscientist/status/941032850492715009”

“Moon Base Alpha https://t.co/voY8qEW9kl https://www.instagram.com/p/BZm88uhg1yN/”