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On June 12, Musk spoke at the bell-ringing ceremony at Starbase on Friday morning. Reflecting on early investors who believed in SpaceX, he recalled, "At that time, I thought, you must have taken some good stuff because I felt this company was destined to fail." Dressed in his iconic leather jacket and a black SpaceX-themed T-shirt, Musk stood in front of a large Mars graphic with a group of employees between them. Musk stated, "SpaceX's goal is to send humans to the Moon, Mars, and ultimately to more distant interstellar destinations." After the bell-ringing ceremony, the Nasdaq live channel played Elton John's song 'Rocketman.'

On March 31, the Cosmos ecosystem lending protocol Mars Protocol announced that it has completed the entire liquidation process according to governance proposal MRC-165: all liquidation LTVs have been adjusted to 0, and all remaining loan positions have been liquidated. Funds in users' credit accounts and Mars v1 have been directly returned to their wallets. The project team stated that funds held by Amber will be notified through Amber's official channels in the coming days. Mars' official Discord and Telegram will be closed soon, and no further support or updates will be provided. The Mars team indicated that this operation marks the formal and orderly conclusion of the protocol.

Musk stated in a tweet, "We're going to go to Mars directly, not the Moon. The Moon will distract from Mars. Orbital payload mass is the key metric, not the destination planet. Building a self-sustaining city on Mars requires a cargo capacity of at least 100 metric tons per year."