Otac šestoro dece, Mask je jednog svog sina nazvao Ksavijar po Profesoru iz Iks Mena , bio je inspiracija za lik Tonija Starka, a pojavio se i kod Simpsonovih u epizodi Mask koji je pao na Zemlju
The father of six, Musk named one of his sons Xavier, after the professor from X-Men, served as the inspiration for the character of Tony Stark, and even appeared in The Simpsons episode The Musk Who Fell to Earth
Mask je prošlog meseca rekao da e Spejs Iks u januaru pokušati da u orbitu lansira svoj futuristički Strašip , svemirsku letelicu u obliku metka Musk said last month that SpaceX will attempt to launch its futuristic Starship, a bullet-shaped spacecraft, into orbit in January
founding of SpaceX in 2002 to his role in the creation of alternative energy company SolarCity, in addi- tion to Tesla Motors – the world’s most valuable auto company. The magazine also noted the influence he has over his army of loyal fol- lowers (and investors) on social media. Musk was born on 28th June, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, and today lives in Los Angeles. He’s the CEO of Tesla Motors, which manufactures electric cars, and is also the founder and CEO/ CTO of SpaceX, a private compa- ny that manufactures spacecraft. Additionally, Musk has founded or co-founded numerous companies, including The Boring Company - for drilling, i.e., boring, tunnels, Neuralink - which deals with the development of brain implants, PayPal - a company that has de- veloped an online payments sys- tem, OpenAI - an artificial intel- ligence research laboratory etc.
tune of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to became the world’s richest per- son, with growth of Tesla Motors shares increasing his net worth to approximately 300 billion dollars. It is thus clear why Time mag- azine, in the traditional December proclamation that has been running since 1927, chose Elon Musk as its Person of the Year. The Financial Times also followed suit, stating that the billionaire marked 2021 by triggering a historic shift in the world auto industry. “The Person of the Year is a marker of influence, and few in- dividuals have had more influence than Musk on life on Earth, and potentially on life off Earth too,” wrote Time Editor-in-Chief Ed- ward Felsenthal. “In 2021, Musk emerged not just as the world’s richest person, but also as perhaps the richest example of a mass shift in our society.” Time cited the entire spectrum of Musk’s achievements, from the
Time has chosen Elon Musk
See you on Mars Clown, genius,
“Civilisation doesn’t really look solid, moreo- ver, it looks shaky right now. Our goal is to create a self-sustain- ing city on Mars. Not a base, but an entire city,” said Elon Musk re- cently, before sending four space tourists on a three-day trip to or- bit Earth in September last year, without a single professional astro- naut aboard the spacecraft. He pre- viously surpassed the personal for- provocateur, visionary, industrialist, showman – Musk is 2021 Person of the Year
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