As if being an industry leader in space travel, electric cars and solar power isn't enough, in August 2013, Musk proposed a completely new mode of personal transport. He called it the 'Hyperloop.' The concept will allow people to travel between large cities at the speed of sound, allowing passengers to go from San Francisco to L.A. in about 30 minutes. It involves a vacuum sealed pod that rides on top of electromagnetic waves, in much the same way as a surfer's board rides an ocean's waves. The pods will glide across the track at speeds of many hundreds of miles per hour. This eliminates the problem of friction created by wheels on tracks.

The same month that Musk unveiled plans for Hyperloop, the crowdsourcing and collaboration platform JumpStartFund was established. Comprised of more than a hundred engineers, developers and investors, the group took on Hyperloop as their first project. In 2014 they formed Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, and undertook a feasibility study. In 2015, Musk ran a student competition to design and build HyperLoop pods. A SpaceX sponsored mile long track was built to run the pods on. On July 20th, 2017 Musk announced that he had gained 'verbal government approval' to build a Hyperloop track between New York City and Washington, D.C.

Elon Musk is one guy who is a challenge to keep up with. In the twelve months from December 2015 to December 2016 he started no less than three companies - Open AI, a not-for-profit artificial intelligence research company, Neuralink, a neurotechnology start-up with the aim of integrating the human brain with A.I. and The Boring Company, which aims to bring down the cost of tunnel boring by ten-fold.

Elon Musk has been married two times. He met his first wife, Justine Wilson, while they were both students at Queen's University in Ontario. They tied the knot in 2000. Justine is a fantasy novelist who described her life with Elon as a 'dream lifestyle' that was empty at the core. Her husband was so focused on his work that, even when he was at home, his mind didn't seem to be there. The marriage ended in 2008 in a very messy public divorce. Elon and Justine have five children together, a set of twins and a set of triplets.

Musk met his second wife, Talulah Riley, at a London nightclub. They were married just six weeks after he filed for divorce from Justine. The wedding took place at Skibo Castle in Scotland - he was 39, she was 23. Things apparently didn't go well, with Musk announcing their separation just two years later on Twitter ... @rileytalulah It was an amazing four years. I will love you forever. You will make someone very happy one day. The couple got back together in 2014, but a divorce was finalized towards the end of 2016.

When it comes to the future of Elon Musk, the best advice is to watch this space. He has never backed down from his ambition to travel to Mars and, possibly, retire there one day. Until that happens we can be assured that he will continue to revolutionize the way that the world consumes energy, benefits from technology, and travels into space.

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