Elon Musk is in the spotlight again, after users of the social network Twitter shared interesting information: He bears the same name as the character in the book, which is 69 years old, and it is about colonizing the planet Mars, writes Futurism which states that although the incident is from December last year, it is now relevant again.

"Project Mars "

The book, titled "Project Mars", began to attract interest in December last year, when Twitter user Toby Lee responded to a post by Musk about his fate.

"Speaking of fate, did you know that von Braun's 1953 book Project Mars refers to a person named Elon who will bring people to Mars?" Crazy! “, says Lee in his tweet, sharing a photo from the specific page of the book.

Speaking about destiny, did you know that Von Braun's 1953 book "Mars Project," referenced a person named Elon that would bring humans to Mars? Pretty nuts pic.twitter.com/m28yFU4Ip6

- Toby Li (@tobyliiiiiiiiii) December 30, 2020

Elon then replied: Are we sure this is true ?, and a Twitter follower replied that it was true, attaching a photo:

Yeah it's real. This is the English transcript of the same book… But “Elon” referred by Von Braun in the book is not the name of the person but rather the name of the position something like an elected meritocratic president pic.twitter.com/GADiMJHxLp

- Pranay Pathole (@PPathole) December 30, 2020

Although it was later explained that "Elon" is not the name of the character, but the title given to the elected leaders of Mars, the coincidence is still incredible.

From Nazi to NASA

The book, published in 1953, was written by Werner von Braun, a renowned Nazi scientist and later NASA engineer.

He previously assisted in the design and development of the B-2 missile for the Nazi government during World War II. according to NASA sources.

After the Axis defeat, he was recruited by the United States government to work for NASA. He continued to lead the development of the Saturn V launch rocket, which took Apollo missions to the moon.