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An excerpt from a 1953 German manuscript, The Mars Project, has linked Elon Musk's name to a prediction about Mars' leadership. The resurfaced text, confirming the leader would be named "Elon", surprised Musk and sparked a flurry of reactions,

The manuscript, titled ' Mars Project' by Wernher von Braun, described a leader called "Elon" who would guide humans in colonizing Mars, leading to online discussions about the eerie coincidence. The fascinating excerpt was posted on social media by user @SpaceSudoer, who shared a screenshot of the text.

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are creating a “Golden Age of Space Exploration.”

Arrival in early-to-mid December 2028 would place the spacecraft at Mars during northern hemisphere spring, providing favorable conditions for solar power and avoiding dust storm seasons.

Trump says we're going to Mars. He may be making it harder to get there. President Donald Trump says we’re going to Mars, but don’t start packing your bags just yet. There are a lot of reasons to doubt that his plans will get us to the Red Planet, and he may even put us further behind schedule.

The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag

And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars," President Trump said. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and newly installed leader of the Department of Government Efficiency ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars mission currently stand?

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear.

The rest of the 400 landings have come courtesy of SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy, whose first stage consists of three modified Falcon 9 boosters. (The Heavy can notch three landings on a single mission, but it has flown just 11 times to date.)

Elon Musk’s company managed 138 successful orbital launches in 2024 - more than 40 more than the year before. SpaceX CEO Gwynne Shotwell has said that the firm is aiming for even more launches this year, with a good chunk of them being Starship flight tests.