- Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin invited Elon Musk to his home in Russia.
- Rogozin told CNN that he wanted to discuss “exploring the universe” and “extraterrestrial life” with Musk.
- Rogozin also praised Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, saying these billionaires spend their money on “useful” things.
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The head of Russian aerospace expressed his admiration for Elon Musk and invited the CEOs of SpaceX and Tesla to visit him at his home in Russia.
Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said in a statement: “Mr. Elon Musk is aware of the many ideas and ideas we wanted to achieve but did not achieve, because after the collapse of the Soviet Union, our The space program was suspended for a while.” Interview CNN.
He added that he wants Musk to go to Russia to “be a guest of (his) family”, where they can discuss “exploring the universe, extraterrestrial life, and how we can use space to protect life on Earth.”
“I have heated the teapot,” he said.
Rogozin added that he respects Musk “as an inventor who is not afraid of taking risks.”
The head of the Russian Space Agency also praised the billionaire Jeff Bezos with Richard BransonTo say that the space tycoon is
Spend money on “Something useful to society.”
“Our millionaires prefer to invest in yachts rather than spacecraft. But maybe now the children of Russian millionaires will be smarter,” Rogozin told CNN.
Rogozin and Musk have publicly traded in the past.Last December, the Roscosmos CEO made a mockery of Musk’s SpaceX on Twitter Shared a photo of a Roscosmos expert hiking through heavy snow Recover fragments of the Soyuz rocket.
“This is not Boca Chica, this is Yakutia in winter. I wonder if the gentle SpaceX can work under such conditions?” Rogozin was written at the time, referring to The Texas border town where Musk’s SpaceX facility is located.
Rogozin also attacked NASA on Twitter in 2014 After the U.S. sanctions him Because of his role as the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Russia annexes Crimea.
Rogozin said on Twitter: “After analyzing the sanctions against our aerospace industry, I suggest that the United States use trampolines to send its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).”
Musk obviously didn’t forget Rogozin’s mockery When he commented in May last year that “trampolines are working” Rear SpaceX launched the first manned mission to the International Space Station.
Musk did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment on whether he plans to accept Rogozin’s invitation.
