A scientist predicted in 1948 that an “Elon” would lead humans to Mars. In a book titled The Mars Project, the German scientist Wernher von Braun wrote that the red planet would go on to be governed by an “Elon”. After the page was recently shared online, people suggested a connection with this Elon and Elon Musk, who is researching how humans can travel to Mars.
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