Elon Musk on Faked Moon Landing: Denies

The claim: The Apollo Moon landings were faked.

2024-01-30: “It is insane how many people have asked me if the moon landings are fake. The are indeed obviously real. Indeed, just as real as the tragic fact that we haven’t been back there in half a century. We should have built a permanent base on the moon and Mars by now!” source
2025-04-23: “Only 66 years from first flight to landing on the Moon in 1969. Here we are, 76 years later cannot yet return to the Moon. We should have been on Mars by now.” source
2025-10-20: “A permanently crewed lunar science base would be far more impressive than a repeat of what was already done incredibly well by Apollo in 1969” source
2025-10-31: “the Apollo program could could only send astronauts to the moon for a few hours at a time.” source
2026-09-03: “Your phone has more compute than the entire Apollo Program” source