Elon Musk is delaying Mars to focus on an uncrewed Moon landing by March 2027, and that might be the real beginning of the quantum era. This is exactly why Elon has said quantum computing is best done in the Moon’s permanently shadowed craters. At first, it sounds like one of Elon’s sci-fi ideas. But the logic is ruthless. Quantum computers demand extreme cold and absolute stability. No heat. No noise. No vibration. The Moon’s shadowed craters, like Shackleton, sit at −200°C, permanently dark, airless, silent, and untouched by weather. A perfect, natural quantum laboratory. On Earth, we spend billions trying to artificially create these conditions. On the Moon, they already exist. Once again, Elon isn’t daydreaming. He’s pointing straight at the future.