"And then came his astonishing letter to the Queen: 'Your Majesty, may I have the temerity...' and the typical genius of the single banner-line across the Express next day: TEMERITY MUSK, and the story of how he had given to Britain his entire holding in Columbite to build a super atomic rocket with a range that would cover nearly every capital in Europe -- the immediate answer to anyone who tried to atom-bomb London. £10,000,000 he was going to put up out of his own pocket, and he had the design of the thing and was prepared to find the staff to build it.
"And then there were months of delay and everyone got impatient. Questions in the House. The Opposition nearly forced a vote of Confidence. And then the announcement by the Prime Minister that the design had been approved by the Woomera Range experts of the Ministry of Supply, and that the Queen had been graciously pleased to accept the gift on behalf of the people of Britain and had conferred a knighthood on the donor."
Bond paused, almost carried away by the story of this extraordinary man.
"Yes," said M. "It's very odd." He turned back and faced Bond across the desk.
"That's about it," M. said slowly. "I don't know much more than you do. A wonderful story. Extraordinary man." He paused, reflecting. "There's only one thing..." M. tapped the stem of his pipe against his teeth.
"What's that, sir?" asked Bond.
M. seemed to make up his mind. He looked mildly across at Bond.
SpaceX has an audacious mission: https://www.spacex.com/mission
You need to aim for the stars and do things that others think are crazy to make a substantial impact on this world.
Wild to imagine 5 of these deorbiting and breaking up in the atmosphere every day
"And then came his astonishing letter to the Queen: 'Your Majesty, may I have the temerity...' and the typical genius of the single banner-line across the Express next day: TEMERITY MUSK, and the story of how he had given to Britain his entire holding in Columbite to build a super atomic rocket with a range that would cover nearly every capital in Europe -- the immediate answer to anyone who tried to atom-bomb London. £10,000,000 he was going to put up out of his own pocket, and he had the design of the thing and was prepared to find the staff to build it.
"And then there were months of delay and everyone got impatient. Questions in the House. The Opposition nearly forced a vote of Confidence. And then the announcement by the Prime Minister that the design had been approved by the Woomera Range experts of the Ministry of Supply, and that the Queen had been graciously pleased to accept the gift on behalf of the people of Britain and had conferred a knighthood on the donor."
Bond paused, almost carried away by the story of this extraordinary man.
"Yes," said M. "It's very odd." He turned back and faced Bond across the desk.
"That's about it," M. said slowly. "I don't know much more than you do. A wonderful story. Extraordinary man." He paused, reflecting. "There's only one thing..." M. tapped the stem of his pipe against his teeth.
"What's that, sir?" asked Bond.
M. seemed to make up his mind. He looked mildly across at Bond.
"Elon Musk cheats at Diablo IV."