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Elon Musk – Impossible to Possible



Elon Musk is an engineer, technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and industrial designer. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018. 

 Elon Musk is working to revolutionize transportation both on Earth as well as in space. He grew up in South Africa, then immigrated to Canada at age 17 and finally he landed in the US as a transfer student at the University of Pennsylvania. Some of the mind-blowing works are:

SpaceX,

SpaceX has manufactured and designed a two-staged rocket Falcon 9. Falcon 9 is a reusable rocket; it is designed for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond. Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital class reusable rocket. Reusability allows SpaceX to rely the most expensive parts of the rocket, which in turn drives down the cost of space access.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were lifted off by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.

 

Hyperloop

In 2013, Elon Musk brought the idea of introducing a super-fast train powered by vacuum and maglev that would travel in tube, named Hyperloop, which would be faster than any rail transport and cheaper than air transport, i.e., energy efficient.

Hyperloop is different from traditional rail. Most of the air from the tube is removed to reduce friction and allow pods carrying passengers to float and travel up to about 800 mile per hour.

However this concept of Hyperloop is still in experimental stage and also, open source, encouraging others to further develop the ideas. But surely its believed that one day his plan would be successful.

Tesla

Elon Musk, believes the faster the world stops relying on fossil fuels and moves towards a zero-emission future, the better it would be and this is turning into reality by his Tesla Inc.

 

Tesla has designed some of the world’s finest automobiles like Model X; the quickest and most capable sport utility vehicle. Tesla’s Model 3, a low-priced, high-volume electric car and the safest, most comfortable trucks ever Tesla Semi and Cyber truck are works of Tesla.

But tesla most amazing production till know is their latest version Model S which holds two major titles - the lowest drag coefficient and the largest panoramic sunroof of any car.

The Model S has a centre of gravity comparable to the Ford GT and a  drag coefficient of just 0.24.The Model S has the most cargo space of any car i.e. 31.6 cubic feet. Also, is so structurally sound, that the NHTSA's roof crush resistance testing machine actually broke when they tried to test the Model S and even it has the largest interface screen of any production vehicle. Along with these features it also includes low maintenance as only its six parts need regular replacement (four tires and the two wiper blades). This battery-electric car actually needs no service, folks!

 Elon Musk once said "Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up." This has led him to one of the finest mastermind in the whole world even after receiving many setbacks.


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