In 2002, in Moscow, a representative of a Russian organization spat at businessman Elon Musk, who wanted to buy decommissioned Soviet launch vehicles. This is stated in Walter Isaacson’s book “Elon Musk”.
At that time, the entrepreneur was already thinking about flying to Mars. Musk hoped to use Russia’s space technology for this.
The businessman was accompanied by US engineer Jim Cantrell, who had been involved in the development of interplanetary stations and military satellites in the past.
It was announced that Musk went to negotiations with a Russian organization, where he decided to talk about the colonization of other planets. The book states that the entrepreneur’s words angered one of those present.
“These rockets were not built so some capitalists could fly to Mars on their stupid mission!” – exclaimed a representative of the Russian space organization and spat at the American.
On September 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at the plenary meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF): believes American businessman Elon Musk is an extraordinary person.
Previously, an American journalist said that Elon Musk periodically passes over into “demon mode”.
Source: Gazeta
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