The Elon
Written by Goro, January 18, 2021
was a German-born American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States… He advocated for a human mission to Mars.
Definitely worth going back to this in the current context (h/t to Atom for reminding us) of the dawning of the true Space Age, SpaceX led by Elon Musk, Mars colonization, Nazis, and all that… i.e. the stuff of “destiny” as I often say, including the end of the American New World and what is essentially the end of history in the 21st century.
So much so, Wernher von Braun seems to have had a “prophetic vision” of sorts back in 1952 when he predicted the name “Elon” would be associated with the colonization of Mars!
His writings on the construction of a space station inspired the design concepts of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Von Braun’s work, The Mars Project, published in 1952, was somewhat megalomaniacal but also strangely prophetic. The book proposed a manned mission to Mars that would result in the planet’s colonization and the establishment of an autonomous government there. […]
The prophetic part of von Braun’s work concerns the autonomous government of Mars. Namely, he proposed that, instead of presidents, rulers of the colony would be appointed the title of “Elon”
You can’t make this stuff up. In von Braun’s own words:
“The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled “Elon.” Two houses of Parliament enacted the laws to be administered by the Elon and his cabinet. The Upper House was called the Council of the Elders and was limited to a membership of 60 persons, each being appointed for life by the Elon as vacancies occurred by death.”
How eerie is that?
Although von Braun never managed to pursue the fabled colonization of Mars, he did become a pioneer of American space travel. Namely, he was the mastermind behind the Saturn V… the only vehicle in history that launched manned capsules beyond low Earth orbit. Saturn V was used in all the Apollo missions…
Elon’s Starship is only 1-2 years away from becoming the first rocket to repeat the monumental accomplishment of von Braun’s Saturn V, taking humans beyond low Earth orbit, and only several years away from taking humans to Mars for the start of the fulfillment of von Braun’s Nazi dream… Mars colonization and the end of history.
Here is Wernher von Braun:
Here’s Elon Musk:
Linked across time via destiny.
With disturbing Nazi overtones…