Elon Musk invited the Russian Scientist Korolev family to visit SpaceX and see the next launch

The head of Tesla and SpaceX, Ilon Musk, said on his Twitter account that he spoke with the Korolev family. According to Andrei Korolev’s grandson, the entrepreneur invited him and his family to visit SpaceX plants and see one of the company's next launches. In turn, the Korolevs invited Mask to Moscow.

I spoke with Korolev’s family today.
He was one of the very best.
Корольов / Королёв.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 10, 2020

“We talked for 20 minutes, in conversation he is a pleasant, very funny, very positive person, we laughed a lot. He respects the memory of my grandfather with great respect, considers him one of the greatest engineers and outstanding people of his time, ”said the grandson of Korolev.

Elon Musk in his tweet called the academician "one of the best." The official account of Roscosmos replied to this message with a tweet “he was the best”.

He was the best https://t.co/bPhI3RvsL7

— Государственная корпорация РОСКОСМОС (@Rogozin) July 11, 2020

Sergey Pavlovich Korolev  (December 30, 1906 - January 14, 1966) - Soviet scientist, designer of space rocket systems, chairman of the Council of Chief Designers of the USSR (1950-1966), academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1958). He was one of the main creators of Soviet space rocket technology, which ensured strategic parity and made the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the foremost space rocket power.