Elon Musk Flaked on His Big Mars Talk. Here’s What He Might’ve Been Doing Instead

Elon Musk opting not to talk about his ambitious plans to colonize Mars, now that’s a first. The rocket billionaire was a no-show for a company discussion on establishing human settlements on the Red Planet, which was meant to take place on the same day as Starship’s most recent test flight. The megarocket’s mid performance may have been the leading cause behind Musk’s last-minute change of plans, or maybe he was busy finding ways to avoid paying child support. In an emailed statement on Monday, SpaceX announced that Musk was going to discuss the company’s plans for colonizing Mars. The company talk was set to be livestreamed on SpaceX’s X page and its website on Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET. Instead of streaming Musk’s overly eager ramblings, the webcast remained silent before delaying the start time to 1:10 p.m. and then another time to 1:15 p.m., and finally pushing it until 9 p.m. ET. On that same day, Starship’s liftoff was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, so delaying the talk meant Musk was ... Read full article.