BONUS: Life on the Moon is closer than you think

Elon Musk has sparked fresh space-race chatter after revealing SpaceX is shifting its focus from Mars to the Moon, with ambitions to build a "self-growing" lunar city within the next decade. With multiple countries and private companies rolling out lunar missions, the push to develop Earth's only natural satellite is heating up fast. In this bonus episode of The Briefing, astrophysicist Brad Tucker from ANU joins us to break down who the major players are, what a self-growing city actually means, and why inflatable moon hotels might not be as sci-fi as they sound.

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BONUS: Life on the Moon is closer than you think is an episode from The Briefing by LiSTNR Support.

This episode is 12:22 long.

This episode was published on May 30, 2026.

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