Grandson of the Creator of Soviet Cosmonautics Sergey Queen Andrei, with which the founder of Spacex and Tesla Ilon Mask recently met and spent a tour of Spacex for him, told RT about their son’s visit to the United States to the enterprise billionaire. In particular, as that 20 years ago, in the early 2000s, I tried to buy a blasting rocket from Russia. According to him, the inventor at that time was interested in the technological aspect of the creation of missiles, and not combat. However, the future entrepreneur who wanted to adopt a useful experience, then twice refused that he had encountered him to create and develop their own engines and carrier missiles.
Visit Andrei Queen to plant Spacex
The grandson of the Soviet designer rocket also told about how their first conversation with the mask took place and that preceded the visit to the Spacex enterprise. Their first conversation took place after the launch of Crew Dragon on May 30, 2020, when Korolev wanted to personally congratulate the entrepreneur with success. Then he handed his wishes to a mask through NASA, to which the billionaire responded and expressed his desire to talk by phone.
Andrei Korolev said that in Spacex they met the “royal”, held a full-fledged tour of all the workshops, where they looked at the engine assembly and the piloted apparatus Crew Dragon. The Russian scientist noted similar to his grandfather approach to space flights, ships, design and organization of the whole process. “I think Sergey Pavlovich would be glad to have such an heir, which is Ilon Mask,” Andrei Korolev said.
Ilon Mask and Soviet Cosmonautics
The head of Spacex is known for its warm relationship to the Russian cosmonautics and its history. In particular, he repeatedly mentioned the name of Sergey Pavlovich Queen in his interviews and books. His grandson said that Mask always said that the achievements of Roskosmos would not be so powerful if the corporation did not stand on the shoulders of Titans, to the number of which he believes and Sergey Queen.
Speaking about the differences between the Spacex and Roskosmos shops, Andrei Korolev noted that it does not see significant differences, but there is a difference in the functioning of workshops. According to him, in Russia the process was organized in old buildings, where in one workshop there is one, in another – the other, and Spacex created one giant open space for work.
Possible Visit Mask to Russia
Earlier General Director of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin invited Ilona Mask to visit us in Russia so that he became the “guest of his family”, to which a billionaire in Twitter Thanked Russian Colleague for the invitation, and also asked what tea he prefers to drink. According to the head of Roskosmos, he would like to discuss with the billionaire “Study of the Universe, an extraterrestrial life and how can be used space for saving life on Earth.”
In addition, in addition to invitations to Himself, Rogozin stated that Ilona Mask can invite East to the cosmodrome after the completion of the second stage. He added that from the east plan to launch a new manned ship “Eagle”. The first test flight is scheduled for December 2023.