When Putin Tips His Hat to Musk, The World Should Pay Attention: It’s not every day Vladimir Putin offers praise. And it’s even rarer when that praise crosses borders — especially for an American. But recently, during what seemed like a routine Q&A with Russian students, Putin dropped something that raised more than a few eyebrows: he likened Elon Musk to one of Russia’s greatest minds — Sergei Korolev. Let that sink in. Korolev wasn’t just some Soviet engineer. He was the architect of the USSR’s space dreams. The man behind Sputnik. The first human in orbit. The ghost in the machine of the Cold War’s most ambitious science. In Russia, Korolev is more than a hero. He’s legend. And now Putin is putting Musk in that same orbit.
When Putin Tips His Hat to Musk, The World Should Pay Attention: It’s not every day Vladimir Putin offers praise. And it’s even rarer when that praise crosses borders — especially for an American. But recently, during what seemed like a routine Q&A with Russian students, Putin dropped something that raised more than a few eyebrows: he likened Elon Musk to one of Russia’s greatest minds — Sergei Korolev. Let that sink in. Korolev wasn’t just some Soviet engineer. He was the architect of the USSR’s space dreams. The man behind Sputnik. The first human in orbit. The ghost in the machine of the Cold War’s most ambitious science. In Russia, Korolev is more than a hero. He’s legend. And now Putin is putting Musk in that same orbit.
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