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First people on the Moon in less than 5 years

“I think we'll have landed our first people on the moon in less than 5 years. We might be able to put the first astronauts on the moon in 2 to 3 years and then expand rapidly from there so that in say 10 years from now there are thousands of people on the moon.”
— Elon Musk · Jul 8, 2026 · Sean Hannity Show interview, Gov. Greg Abbott guest-hosting (Jul 8 2026) 4:13 ↗
Video: Sean Hannity Show interview, Gov. Greg Abbott guest-hosting (Jul 8 2026)
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 4:13 — SEAN HANNITY SHOW INTERVIEW, GOV. GREG ABBOTT GUEST-HOSTING (JUL 8 2026)
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Said on The Sean Hannity Show (radio), July 8 2026, guest-hosted by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. 'Less than 5 years' from July 2026 = by end of 2031 for the first crewed landing; '2 to 3 years' (2028-2029) for the first astronauts, and 'thousands of people on the moon' within ~10 years. No human has walked on the Moon since Apollo 17 (Dec 1972); SpaceX's Starship is NASA's Artemis lunar lander.

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Jul 8, 2026
The promise: “I think we'll have landed our first people on the moon in less than 5 years. We might be able to put the first astronauts on the moon in 2 to 3 years and then expand rapidly from there so that in say 10 years from now there are thousands of people on the moon.” · Sean Hannity Show interview, Gov. Greg Abbott guest-hosting (Jul 8 2026) 4:13 ↗
Today · Aug 23, 2026
Status: Pending · 1,956 days left. Still waiting.

On The Sean Hannity Show on July 8, 2026 — with Texas Governor Greg Abbott guest-hosting — Musk laid out SpaceX's lunar timeline, saying the company would land its first people on the Moon in less than five years, possibly its first astronauts within two to three years, then scale to thousands of residents and 'a full-blown self-sustaining city on the Moon' within about a decade. No human has been on the Moon since 1972, and SpaceX's Starship is the lander for NASA's Artemis program.

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