Elon in Twain style
Back in '71, in the heart of Pretoria, South Africa, a fella named Elon Musk showed up on this spinning rock. Now, he wasn't your run-of-the-mill kid. While the other tots were out chasing butterflies, young Elon had his nose buried in books, not just any books, but encyclopedias and sci-fi novels. That's where the seeds of his never-ending curiosity and big dreams got planted. His knack for makin' things happen didn't take long to surface. At the ripe old age of 12, he taught himself to talk to them computers and whipped up a homemade space game called 'Blastar.' Sold it too, like a lemonade stand on a hot summer day. And that's when you first caught a whiff of what Elon was about—technology and space, a combo that'd stick around like gum on your shoe. Now, getting to the U.S. of A wasn't a straight shot for Elon. See, in those days, South Africa had this thing called mandatory military service, not exactly Elon's cup of tea. So, he made a ...