The internet is spiraling into a frenzy and this time, it’s because of The Mars Project, an old German manuscript from 1953, and Elon Musk.

An individual posted an excerpt from the original manuscript mentioning “Elon”. The tech mogul Elon Musk reacted to the 1953 writing from Germany in an X post.

In January 2025, a post about tech billionaire Elon Musk, purportedly written by someone who knew him for years, was shared widely online. Philip Low, a scientist and founder of NeuroVigil, a company that developed a portable brain activity monitor,

Fans of the billionaire Elon Musk are now saying that a book predicted the SpaceX and Tesla CEO becoming the leader of Mars.

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The post in question referred to 'The Mars Project', a book written by renowned German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The text claims the book predicted that Mars’ leader would be called 'Elon.' An image shared alongside the post included an excerpt purportedly from the book’s original German manuscript.

The manuscript, titled ' Mars Project' by Wernher von Braun, described a leader called "Elon" who would guide humans in colonizing Mars, leading to online discussions about the eerie coincidence. The fascinating excerpt was posted on social media by user @SpaceSudoer, who shared a screenshot of the text.

"And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars." Billionaire Elon Musk of SpaceX threw his hands up in the ...

Musk’s long-term vision includes a thriving, self-sustaining Mars that would serve as a stepping stone for humanity’s expansion throughout the solar system. He envisions humans reaching the moons of Jupiter and Saturn,

Humanity may soon become a space-conquering race—at least according to President Trump and Elon Musk. In what’s sure to be one of the most talked about segments of Trump’s inauguration speech, the Head of State vowed to “plant the stars and straps on the planet Mars” and expand the nation’s territory.

Reacting to the alleged manuscript excerpt, Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, took to X/Twitter and claimed that her billionaire son was named after his grandfather, John Elon Haldeman. She stated that finding an appropriate name for her son by browsing through the genealogy was not an easy task.

The world saw Donald Trump take the oath of office for his second non-consecutive term as President of the United States on Monday. The ceremony, held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, drew an eclectic crowd of tech moguls, foreign diplomats, and business leaders.