The Soviet space engineer, Sergey Korolev, who inspires Elon Musk
ABC News
Elon Musk has hosted the family of Sergey Korolev, the legendary Soviet rocket designer who Musk says is an inspiration for Space X.
MOSCOW -- In September, a Russian man and his son rented a Tesla and set off to meet Elon Musk following a personal invitation from the billionaire entrepreneur to visit SpaceX's factory in California.
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That man's name is Andrey Korolev, the grandson of the chief architect of the Soviet space program, Sergey Korolev, a legend among space professionals and fans, including Musk.
Americans looking at the crop of new private space companies like SpaceX, tend to look back at the U.S.' history of of space exploration -- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's first ship New Shepherd is named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
