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Who doesn't love a weird, 60-plus-year-old coincidence? As if there aren't enough headlines about Elon Musk at the moment, a connection between his name and a decades-old book that seemed to eerily predict the billionaire's involvement in Mars exploration resurfaced this week. In the 1950s, German-turned-American scientist (yes, the Nazis' leading rocket man), wrote a science fiction novel called The Mars Project. It takes place in then-distant 1980 and features human colonists on Mars whose leader uses the title “Elon.” As in, oh, we don't know … billionaire and 웹소설 공모전 SpaceX big shot, , and guy who wants us to get u <br>?
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The coincidence is hardly unknown. My CNET colleague Eric Mack . It gained more notoriety when space reporter Toby Li tweeted about it in December 2020, 웹소설 공모전 writing, “Speaking about destiny, did you know that Von Braun's 1953 book “Mars Project,” referenced a person named Elon that would bring humans to s? Pre<br>nuts.”
Speaking about destiny, did you know that Von Braun's 1953 book “Mars Project,” referenced a person named Elon that would bring humans to Mars? Pretty nuts — Toby Li (@tobyliiiiiiiiii)
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gure> And real it is, although as one Twitter user pointed out, “'Elon' referred by Von Braun in the book isn't the name of the person but rather the name of the position something like an elec meritocrat<br>resident.”
Yeah it's real. This is the English transcript of the same book … But “Elon” referred by Von Braun in the book isn't the name of the person but rather the name of the position something like an elected meritocratic president — Pranay Pathole (@PPathole)
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Coincidences happen. “Elon” isn't the most common name these days, but says it's a rew name mea<br> “oak tree.”
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It's also in the bible. “Before Musk arrived on the scene, Elon was the name of a Biblical judge,” the Nameberry page for Elon notes. “Long obscure, naming your son Elon today would signal an admiration for M rather than <br>br>od Book.”Speaking of names, Elon Musk and musician Grimes drew attention recently for naming their son That's pronounced “X