Elon Musk: the only Earthling who owns a constellation! – By Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena Santa Claus, who annually delights us, both kids and adults alike, appears to be getting a rival for the grand constellation show – finally. There is a new man in town, who claims – quite rightly and legally, of course – that he owns a constellation of satellites. Up until now, theists used to believe only the Almighty owned them – all of them! Elon Musk, who holds the shifting-title, the world’s richest man, undoubtedly is a genius in the calibre of Newton, Tesla, Edison and many more, who helped mankind making progress in leaps and bounds during the passage of time with many things that we take for granted today; if there is sub-species under sapiens in the human taxonomy chain as ‘geniuses’, Mr Musk certainly has an undisputed slot in it. Of course, there ...
Jun 7, 2024
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