Elon Musk
"It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink.
Moreover, those are only small pieces of his grand-scale puzzle
that leads to a better future and the colonization of Mars.
Here is a timeline of Elon Musk's life events:
- Elon was born in 1971 in South Africa
- He used to read 10 hours per day
- Musk learned BASIC in 3 days
- In 1983 he created a video game and sold it for 500$
- At the age of 14, Elon decided that his life mission is to save humanity
- In 1989, he started college in Ontario
- In 1994, he got Wharton economics and physics degrees
- In 2011, Elon announced the project for reusable rockets, which would make flights 100 times cheaper. This was also the year in which Musk promised to send humans to Mars by 2031.
- In 2012, the shipping for Model S begins while the Model X is unveiled and a supercharger network for the cars was launched.
- In 2015, Musk unveiled Powerwall, first customers got their Model X. However, there was also a failed launch of a rocket (after 19 successful launches) but also a successul landing of the first reusable rocket to reach orbit.
- In 2017, he started the Boring Company to dig tunnels, two new cars were uvailed - TESlA Roadster and and the Semi Electric Truc and first customers got their Model 3.
- In 2018, Elon Musk launched his largest rocket - The Falcon Heavy
He is one of the people that constantly shape the 21st century
If you want to read more about this remarkable human being, you can check the Wikipedia page.
"If something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."