[217], As a merchandising and publicity stunt, Musk said TBC sold 2,000 "flamethrowers" in 2018,[218][219] allegedly inspired by the Mel Brooks-directed film Spaceballs (1987). "[349] He received widespread requests from dignitaries around the world,[350] including the Ukrainian Health minister,[351] Bolivia's Ambassador for Science and Technology to Silicon Valley,[352] and Nigeria's Ministry of Finance. [9] He became an American citizen in 2002.[10]. [387][388] According to Musk and Grimes, his name was "X Æ A-12" (pronounced /ˈɛks.æʃˌeɪ.twɛlv/ EKS-ash-AY-twelv[389]); however, the name was deemed illegal under California law, because it contained characters that are not in the modern English alphabet,[390] and was then changed to "X Æ A-Xii". [214], In February 2017, the company began digging a 30-foot (9.1 m) wide, 50-foot (15 m) long, and 15-foot (4.6 m) deep "test trench" on the premises of Space X's offices in Los Angeles, since the construction requires no permits. I know a lot of people like weed and that's fine, but I don't find that is very good for productivity... not for me." Who cares! In case the mini-submarine could not fit through the cave system, Elon Musk also requested Wing Inflatables, a California-based inflatable boat manufacturer, to build inflatable escape pods. [282][283] In May 2020, amidst Musk's restarting of Tesla assembly plant production during the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump tweeted in support of Musk, which Musk welcomed and publicly thanked him for on Twitter. Family gatherings with close contact between kids & grandparents probably most risky", "Elon Musk is dangerously wrong about the novel coronavirus", "Tesla Plan to Keep Factory Open Thrown Up in Air by Sheriff", "Tesla, Inc. Q1 2020 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast", "Elon Musk calls for end to 'fascist' coronavirus lockdown 'forcibly imprisoning people in their homes, "Tesla files lawsuit against California county over plant shutdown", "Tesla withdraws Alameda County lawsuit as Fremont factory returns to normal operations", "Breaking virus lockdown rules, suing officials, threatening staff, raging on Twitter. "[54] Their efforts materialized when the Musk brothers obtained contracts with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune,[58] and persuaded the board of directors to abandon plans for a merger with CitySearch. [77] Musk is CEO and CTO of the Hawthorne, California-based company. Elon Reeve Musk FRS (born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and philanthropist. [364][304][365], In October 2018, in an effort to help solve the Flint water crisis, Musk and the Musk Foundation donated over $480,000 to install new water fountains with filtration systems for access to clean water at all Flint, Michigan schools. [395], In January 2015, Musk made a guest appearance playing himself on The Simpsons in an episode titled "The Musk Who Fell to Earth"; the episode poked fun at many of Musk's ideas. [346][347] The Alameda County Public Health Department explained it was waiting on a plan that Tesla had promised to provide on May 11 that would walk through how it would protect workers' health during the coronavirus pandemic. He has 3 kids. In 1999 he sold it and became a millionaire. [90][91] The total cost of the decade-long project to design, build, and deploy the constellation was estimated by SpaceX in May 2018 to be about US$10 billion. [110], During discourse with his peers when the technology of SpaceX was criticized or had the potential to cause fatalities, Elon Musk has described himself as the company's responsible chief engineer/designer, while giving the entire team at SpaceX credit for its success. Many neuroscientists and publications criticized these claims. The group had another meeting with Kosmotras and were offered one rocket for US$8 million. He doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States. "[377] In July 2013, Musk and Riley remarried. [368] In October 2019, Musk donated US$1 million to '#TeamTrees' a tree planting initiative to plant 20 million trees led by the YouTube community and in collaboration with Arbor Day Foundation. [400], In 2016, Musk voiced himself in several episodes of South Park including the episode "Members Only". [88][89], SpaceX began development of the Starlink constellation of low Earth orbit satellites in 2015 to provide satellite Internet access, with the first two prototype test-flight satellites launched in February 2018.

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