--- description: Responding to another Twitter user, Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk says the list of people who have walked on the Moon will soon “grow much longer as humanity reaches new heights.” title: Musk Says Number of People That Walked on Moon Will Grow ‘Soon' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfba610cd2c10547f/698a1eb5d0753325d8e6c29b/elon-musk-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Musk Says Number of People That Have Walked on Moon Will Grow ‘Soon’ by [Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2021 4:52 PM CUT  Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory Grünheide near Berlin, Germany last summer. Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory Grünheide near Berlin, Germany last summer.Patrick Pleul–Pool/Getty Images by [Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2021 4:52 PM CUT Bloomberg — Responding to another Twitter user, Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk says the list of people who have walked on the Moon will soon “grow much longer as humanity reaches new heights.” The original post lists all astronauts that have reached and walked on the moon, including Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan. Musk is also the founder of SpaceX, which has emerged as a space leader, having launched at least 1,700 of its Starlink broadband satellites and shuttled astronauts to the international space station. [SpaceX Flies ISS Crew in First Trip on Used Capsule, Rocket ](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-23/spacex-rocket-lifts-off-in-first-crewed-flight-on-used-equipment "undefined") Musk has recently conducted a [controversial poll](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-12/elon-musk-sells-extra-700-million-of-tesla-stock-after-poll "undefined") on Twitter, asking voters whether he should sell 10% of his stake in the electric-vehicle company. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6117534/musk-moon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6117534/musk-moon/"},"headline":"Musk Says Number of People That Have Walked on Moon Will Grow ‘Soon’","datePublished":"2021-11-14T16:52:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T10:32:15.160Z","description":"Musk is also the founder of SpaceX, which has emerged as a space leader","url":"https://time.com/6117534/musk-moon/","keywords":["Space","wire"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfba610cd2c10547f/698a1eb5d0753325d8e6c29b/elon-musk-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bloomberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bloomberg/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfba610cd2c10547f/698a1eb5d0753325d8e6c29b/elon-musk-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Elon Musk Visits Site Of New Tesla Gigafactory In Germany","caption":"Elon Musk Visits Site Of New Tesla Gigafactory In Germany","creditText":"Patrick Pleul–Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6117534/musk-moon/","name":"Musk Says Number of People That Have Walked on Moon Will Grow ‘Soon’"}}]}] ```