First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration.

First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration. | the idea that you would be able to do any of this without human astronauts was a non-starter until this year and now it's clearly going to be Optimus robots because, you know, the way we joked about it with Elon was look the the bed be when the first person arrives, the bed will have been made. There'll be a mint on the pillow. It's not you're not a pioneer. You're you're following, you know, after tens of thousands of Optimus robots have already done all the all the heavy lifting.

Watch events: Tesla Q2 2026 earnings; Optimus Fremont line start; unit cost disclosure; Starcloud Blackwell satellite (Oct 2026); Google Project Suncatcher demo satellite; FCC DC filings

the idea that you would be able to do any of this without human astronauts was a non-starter until this year and now it's clearly going to be Optimus robots because, you know, the way we joked about it with Elon was look the the bed be when the first person arrives, the bed will have been made. There'll be a mint on the pillow. It's not you're not a pioneer. You're you're following, you know, after tens of thousands of Optimus robots have already done all the all the heavy lifting.

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