During his time as president of Spanish football, Rubiales overhauled the format of the Spanish Super Cup in 2020, creating a four-team mini-tournament and moving the competition to Saudi Arabia as part of a deal that was reportedly worth 40 million euros (then $42m) per tournament for the federation.

"A lunar atomic clock will have a distinct ticking rate compared to an Earthly clock," stated NASA's chief communications and navigation officer Kevin Coggins. "It makes sense to visit a different body, such as the moon or Mars that each one gets its own heartbeat.”