Elon Musk's tweet about Mars is confusing the internet

Welcome to today's game of 'Mars or moon?'
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Elon Musk's tweet about Mars is confusing the internet
Looking good, Mars. Oh, wait. Credit: JASPER JACOBS / getty images

A few weeks ago, U.S. president Donald Trump received a fair share of mocking after tweeting that the moon is a part of Mars.

Now, Elon Musk has made a similar blunder -- or has he?

On Monday, Musk tweeted an image of the "Blood moon," taken during the lunar eclipse in July 2018, alongside a sign that said "Occupy Mars."

After someone pointed out the apparent error, Musk replied with a couple of smilies and a quick follow-up: "Moon too."

Some of Musk's followers took the opportunity to mock him for mistaking Mars and the moon.

But given that Musk is a CEO of a fairly well-known company that sends things and people into space, it's unlikely that he actually made this error. Was he mocking Trump and his recent blunder?

We may never know the real truth, but we must always remember Musk's recent admission that his Twitter feed is "complete nonsense."

Topics SpaceX Elon Musk

Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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