For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal to return humans to the Moon through the Artemis Program. Rather, Musk, who has long preferred Mars as a destination for humans, has more or less been a team player when it comes to the space agency's lunar-focused plans.

Musk has been logging a lot of time at there as unofficial “First Buddy” and incoming co-head of of the Department of Government Efficiency, aka D.O.G.E. Trump’