Russian President Vladimir Putin appreciated US billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday on Wednesday and compared him to the legendary Soviet rocket designer Sergei Korolov. TASR reports on the basis of AFP report.
“He’s one guy who lives in the states. His name is Musk and one could say that the poem about Mars. Such people just can’t see among people – inspired by some idea”Putin told students of the Moscow State Technical University of Bauman.” If it still seems incredible today, such ideas will often ripen after a while. Exactly as the ideas of Korolov and our pioneers have matured at the right time, “Putin added.
Sergei Pavlovich Korolov was a pioneer in rocket and cosmic technology, but he was the victim of Stalin’s purges and he survived part of his life in Gulag. After the Second World War he was the head of the Soviet space program, but his identity was concealed by Moscow and was known only as the “chief designer”. He was involved in the development of the first artificial satellite Sputnik and Vostok missiles. In 1961, the Vostok -1 rocket brought the first person into the orbit of the Earth – Yuri Gagarin.
Putin’s statements were heard at the time of the convergence of Russia and the US, led by the administration of President Donald Trump. It plays an important role in Elon Musk, the richest person in the world. His company Space X for the US National Aviation and Space Authority (NASA) is launched into the space of the rocket and also has a satellite Internet network Starlink.
In the past, Musk has often criticized Ukraine, which has been facing Russian military aggression since February 2022. In February, he said that Kiev “went too far” in the conflict, and in March again, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenland accused of wanting a “eternal war”.
