"It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let's go to Mars."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Musk's comments could carry significant weight considering his role as a close confidante of President Donald Trump and the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency,

And Musk's focus on Mars as the next destination for humanity after low Earth orbit should come as no surprise; the billionaire has long had the Red Planet in his sights. In a December X post, for example, he dismissed the moon as "a distraction," saying that "we're going straight to Mars."